[lit-ideas] Re: "lay the foundation for gentleness"
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:19:35 -0800
On Feb 11, 2009, at 11:19 AM, William Dolphin wrote:
I have the gene, as well.
I ascribe its fitness to the days when wrestling was how disputes
were resolved and hierarchies set: the short legs are harder to
reach for a takedown.
Perhaps that suggests something for committee deliberations....
Also useful in sword fights--long reach, smaller low target area.
The one swordfighting class I went to said that with a Scottish sword
you might want first to take the Achilles Heel or a tendon; then you
finished your disabled victim. Ah, the jolly days of yore.
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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