>>I don't know about sumptuary laws, but a wise man said: "In the SCA,
>two
>>kinds of people wear swords--knights and geeks. Don't be a geek."
>
>Well, _that's_ a different take on it. Where might that wise man have
>been from?
>
>Lyle FitzWilliam
>Bergental, East
He's from the East Kingdom. That's what he tells his squires when they
look at pretty swords. The reasoning for it is that Knights take an oath
defend the right and be the shield of the weak. How can we let them
fulfill their oath to protect the rest of us if we're all armed too.
Beth
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