Just FYI, this thread is 13 years old, and most of the posters have moved on.To know thy selves... to know thy opponent
I would say it's a benefit if no one has seen your style, seen you fight, or know of your injuries.
The Social Position as "Martial Artist"
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This is eerie. The text I sent to someone literally 10 seconds before I read this post was:
"It happened 13 years ago. I've moved on."
Were they asking about your social position as a martial artist?
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Let's just say socializing and positions were involved, but it had nothing to do with martial arts.
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I think I'm the only poster, of that group who posted 13 years ago, that is still here. And at least one of those posters has passed away.
I'm almost certain that's nearly TMI, man.
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That's why I stopped at "nearly" TMI.
The Social Position as "Martial Artist"
Help the good to fight against the evil.
One MA person may save all those passengers lives on that bus.
Help the good to fight against the evil.
One MA person may save all those passengers lives on that bus.
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And we all appreciate that.
Yeah, I saw some who were here when I started, but I don't think any of them have been on in a while.
This reminded me that Touch Of Death disappeared last summer
Haven't heard about our MMA guy and snake engine guy for quite sometime.This reminded me that Touch Of Death disappeared last summer
jobo
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yes but brave heart was evil
Fight for freedom is evil?
jobo
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he was tried and executed for amongst other things the slaughter of innocent civilians, including women and children, not really a nice man at all. and it's unlikely he looked like mel Gibson
I love it when peoples only knowledge of history is Hollywood, it's like they believe any old rubbish
Plenty of Scots might disagree with your assessment of Wallace and the history involved. Instead of being mere "other things," the primary reason he was pursued over a period of years and brought to trial, convicted and executed, was because he was considered a traitor to the crown. Edward I "subdued" Wales, sought to conquer Scotland (hence Wallace's "traitorous" actions), and war in France. He seems like a swell guy by comparison. "One man's freedom fighter" and all that, right? Since you're apt to accuse me of falling for "Hollywood fiction," I'll just toss out a quick source:
Edward I | Biography, Reign, Reforms, Wars, & Facts
William Wallace | Biography & Facts
"britannica," that's British, right?
dvcochran
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Deja Vu?
jobo
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your fact sheet on Wallace seems to be short of facts, particularly the atrocities he was reasonable for,
pointing out that good kind Edward was kingdom building doesn't detract from the actions of brave heart, I could quite easily refere you to the American Mexico war, as a comparable exercise in taking land of a rival country by armed intervention. are we citing president Polk as a war criminal or even considering given back Texas to its rightful owners, no thought not, what about the land grab of the from the native American, was that better than king Edward's invading Scotland, Wales and France
the Scottish invaded England on multiple occasions just to even things up and bizarrely Panama, which bankrupted them, requiring that they had to beg England to take them over or they would all starve, which is how Britain come into 3xistanc3 as a political entity
the Scottish like the Americans are generally delusional about their own history
nb its Scottish not Scots, the Scots were a particular tribe in the Roman era
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Steve
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you mean manifest destiny isn't a real thing?
