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Main => The Round Table => Topic started by: Sir Edward on 2011-02-10, 22:05:22
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I decided to write a short little essay on chivalry. Let me know what you think.
http://ed.toton.org/essays/chivalry.html (http://ed.toton.org/essays/chivalry.html)
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Very well done Sir Edward! I especially liked how you presented the concept of "generational" chivalry. :)
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Very nicely written, and I whole heartedly agree with the last paragraph. :)
I also liked how you presented the generational chivalry concept. I think too often modern day people forget or exclude the "warrior ethos" part of chivalry due to the modern day attitude I've seen of "all fighting is bad". Which I beleive strips a great deal from chivalry and reduces the effect it could have on the culture.
Of course those of us who are into the shiny and pointy aspects of knighthood are less likely to do so. ;)
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very nicely written Sir Edward. very nice indeed
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That was a well thought out and written expose on chivalry and what it meant and what it should probably mean for us today that follow that path. I think that should be at or near the front of the Order website...and this one as well if it isn't already.
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Great essay, Sir Edward! I loved your interpretation of how chivalry evolves over time. It serves to show us that chivalry never truely dies.
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Great job, Sir Edward.
It reminds me of an article I read a while ago that discussed how the concept of Bushido is said to be over a thousand years old, but should really be tied to around the late 16th century, as "true" samurai became philosophers and advisers, and moved away from being primarily swordsmen. That led up towards the "Victorian" era of Japan, in that the ideals of Bushido started becoming "standardized" very similar to how Chivalry was documented more as rules and not just a generic behavior.
I held the door open for a lady at the office building last week. When I opened the door, she stood and looked at me, so I stepped behind the door and held it, making it clear that I was holding it for her, and not frozen stiff (it was quite windy). She walked through, turned around, and said "Wow. Thank you.", as if I'd just rescued her from a burning building while everyone else was trampling her to get out. Such a simple thing to do, yet, it happens so seldom.
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You sent her away with a thought, believe it.
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Well Done Sir Edward!