11-09-2003, 06:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-09-2003, 06:42 AM by Rhydderch Hael.)
Quote:Something to interject into the bit about knights versus samurai - in the 16th Century, the Knight was all but finished. ...In the more "trendier" European nations, yeah. But the Landsknecht is a decidedly Gothic construction.
Quote:The introduction and common use of cannon and the powerful arbalest (although crossbows were on the way out) made mounted knights pretty much obsolete.All well and dandy for the mounted knight, if a mounted knight had ever been mentioned in this thread. They haven't.
Quote:And a broadsword would NEVER weigh in at fifteen pounds - most swords weigh less than seven pounds. ...Jeez, Louise, will I ever get anyone here to shake off the no-nonsense attitude!? I make one facetious bit of satire concerning what not to say at the SFI discussion boards, and everyone now thinks that good ol' RH says "broadswords" weighed 15 pounds. :blink:
Word of advice to the next and coming person who'd mention it: Get a clue, and get the joke.
And lastly, about the samurai versus fencer concept: does everyone here believe samurai went into battle wearing robes and kimonos? Dudes, they went in full battle armor, which again makes them more an equivalent to a knight rather than some Renaissance-era "butcher of a silk button".
Political Correctness is the idea that you can foster tolerance in a diverse world through the intolerance of anything that strays from a clinical standard.