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Sir Edward:

"It's tough to live by the code. I mean it's real hard to live for something you believe in. People try it and then they get tired of it, like they get tired of their diets, or exercise, or their marriage, or their kids, or their job, or themselves, or they get tired of their god." -- Ed Harris as Billy, Knightriders (1981)

(As an aside, I posted this on facebook. Wow, what a crapstorm it kicked up. On of the "friends" on there seems to be on a personal quest to deflate everyone around him. His problem was with folks considering themselves to be knights in the modern day. I've seen him do this before. It makes me wonder why I accepted the friend invitation)

Sir Wolf:
blah... all i can think of is "Remember the knightrider when you look into the night sky"... Mad Amm hehe

Sir James A:
"Faith, Heart and Steel; that is how we persevere" - That's my favorite comment in that "storm". I left a bit of a book on there.

I hope Andrew will find something of relevance in it. He does seem to be vehemently opposed to knights in general, yet, saying things that are quite wrong, which surprises me since his page seems to say he has a good amount of education on the subject. He seems to be passionate enough about helping people, just ... maybe misguided is the word I'm looking for?

Sir Edward:
Thanks for chiming in. I'm inches away from de-friending him, I think. This isn't the first time he's argued vehemently with myself and my friends. The last time (and I don't even remember the topic at the moment), even after we carefully and methodically countered every single point he made, he still had to get the last word, and it carried a heavy tone of "well, I'm right and you're wrong, no matter what".

This time around it feels like he's on a mission to tear down anyone who is interested in knights and chivalry, as if we're all deluded and think that heraldry and armor make us better than everyone else.

I wonder if he's had a bad experience with some SCA knights or something. I know some of those guys span the spectrum. Some are awesomely chivalrous. Others are a tad arrogant.

Anyway, you can't have a civil discussion with people who behave that way.

Sir Andrew:
Yeah, he was doing an ace job of trying to tear down Sir Santana while we were conversing last evening. I have a word for him but I won't bring this forum down to that level...I'm sure all here can guess.....

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