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Westley · 04-28-2005, 10:57 PM

I have a confession to make. I, yes I, your sacred Westley, fence sabre. I can lie no longer- although I continue to fence Epee, for all my lying and falsehoods I have fenced saber for several years, and when I see these Elitist Epee threads it tugs at my heartstrings, at my very humanity.

Between me and the other world, there is an unasked question: unasked by many through feelings of delicacy; by others through the difficulty of framing it. All nevertheless, flutter around it. They approach me in a half-hesitant sort of way, eye me curiously or compassionately, and then, instead of saying directly, How does it feel to be a problem? they say, "I know an excellent saberist in my town, he wasn't even homosexual," or "Do not these epeeist threads annoy you?" I must reduce my boiling to a simmer and smile quietly at these folk, but no more!

One always feels a two-ness, An epeeist, a saberist, two ideals, two unreconciled strivings, two warring ideals in one white suit, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder! The history of the Saberist is that of this strife, to merge these two ideals, the thrust and the slash, to merge into a better and truer self. He would not dull his saber edge in a flood of points, for he knows saber blood has a messaage for the world.

We have an ideal of fencing brotherhood, gained through the unifying ideal of blades, the ideal of fostering and developing the the traits and talents of the epeeist, not in opposition to or contempt for other weapons, but rather in large confromity to the USFA, in order that some day on the strip the two world weapons may give each to each those characteristics both so sadly lack.

These words were intended for another purpose but stand true in all circumstances of division, from republican to democrat, from conservative to liberal, from Saberist to Epeeist. Let us not speak of raising the rep points of one weapon above another, but yet, employing a new theory, in which we give rep points to all the funny people, and not to all the assholes who happen to fence your weapon.

Do you feel that there has been a division amongst the weapons? A wedge driven between us? Speak up! Let us try to make penance among our brethren, and give rep points to those who deserve them, like Soldier, Inq, and Moonitic- not Mr. Epee. (shudder)

Amen, God Bless, and Good mother freaking Night.

Phoenix · 04-28-2005, 11:39 PM

Bravo! Bravo!! Great speech

. I'm glad that you have gotten that off your chest and have the courage to face the fencing world. LOL!

mrbiggs · 04-29-2005, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westley

I have a confession to make. I, yes I, your sacred Westley, fence sabre. I can lie no longer- although I continue to fence Epee, for all my lying and falsehoods I have fenced saber for several years, and when I see these Elitist Epee threads it tugs at my heartstrings, at my very humanity.

Between me and the other world, there is an unasked question: unasked by many through feelings of delicacy; by others through the difficulty of framing it. All nevertheless, flutter around it. They approach me in a half-hesitant sort of way, eye me curiously or compassionately, and then, instead of saying directly, How does it feel to be a problem? they say, "I know an excellent saberist in my town, he wasn't even homosexual," or "Do not these epeeist threads annoy you?" I must reduce my boiling to a simmer and smile quietly at these folk, but no more!

One always feels a two-ness, An epeeist, a saberist, two ideals, two unreconciled strivings, two warring ideals in one white suit, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder! The history of the Saberist is that of this strife, to merge these two ideals, the thrust and the slash, to merge into a better and truer self. He would not dull his saber edge in a flood of points, for he knows saber blood has a messaage for the world.

We have an ideal of fencing brotherhood, gained through the unifying ideal of blades, the ideal of fostering and developing the the traits and talents of the epeeist, not in opposition to or contempt for other weapons, but rather in large confromity to the USFA, in order that some day on the strip the two world weapons may give each to each those characteristics both so sadly lack.

These words were intended for another purpose but stand true in all circumstances of division, from republican to democrat, from conservative to liberal, from Saberist to Epeeist. Let us not speak of raising the rep points of one weapon above another, but yet, employing a new theory, in which we give rep points to all the funny people, and not to all the assholes who happen to fence your weapon.

Do you feel that there has been a division amongst the weapons? A wedge driven between us? Speak up! Let us try to make penance among our brethren, and give rep points to those who deserve them, like Soldier, Inq, and Moonitic- not Mr. Epee. (shudder)

Amen, God Bless, and Good mother freaking Night.

Are you on DRUGS? You switched to SABRE!?

Although I very much agree with you that the rep point farming sucks. I mean, the rep points don't mean anything, but at least let them be given to funny people who make good posts.

RebelFencer · 04-29-2005, 01:09 AM

You're dead to me.

lochinvar · 04-29-2005, 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westley

I have a confession to make. I, yes I, your sacred Westley, fence sabre. I can lie no longer- although I continue to fence Epee, for all my lying and falsehoods I have fenced saber for several years, and when I see these Elitist Epee threads it tugs at my heartstrings, at my very humanity.

There's a Twelve Step program for this. The first step in dealing with a problem is acknowledging that it exists. It's not too late, Brother; you can be saved!