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Swords Of Chivalry: Historical Sword Fighting
May 18, 2012
Swords of Chivalry: Historical Sword Combat
May 20, 2012
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June 1, 2012
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In Other Words...
“Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.”- Vaclav Havel
Views & Essays Archive
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New Frontiers of Chivalry
Posted on October 26, 2006 | No CommentsCan honor, morality and chivalry stand up to the challenges faced by human beings as they move into the frontiers of the future? -
Knights and Fireflys
Posted on October 25, 2006 | 1 CommentScott Farrell comments: The show Firefly has a small but devoted fan base. Normally I try to avoid commentary regarding specialty subjects on the Chivalry Today website, but when a... -
Where Are The Heroes?
Posted on October 23, 2006 | No CommentsDavid is in high school, and he was kind enough to share this poem with readers here — a reminder that the next generation is always watching and absorbing. -
Finding Chivalry and Stealing Software
Posted on October 15, 2006 | No CommentsMaybe there’s a certain amount of cool to the bravado (or seeming bravado) of stealing something. Let’s face it; in our culture, criminals are cooler than people who hand in their assignments on time, floss twice daily and pay full price for their game software. I don’t know why this is, but I don’t think the answer would be very flattering. -
The Knight Awards
Posted on September 24, 2006 | No CommentsScott Farrell comments: Last semester a high school teacher asked her English composition students to write a paper nominating someone for a “knight in shining armor award.” Students had to... -
Chivalry And Humanity
Posted on September 23, 2006 | No CommentsSuch people do not deserve mercy. In my view, they have forfeited any moral right to expect it from us. You and your troops may be sorely tempted to deny them humane treatment as a result. But you must resist that temptation. Treat them humanely even though they don’t deserve it. -
Chivalry Gets Its Chops
Posted on August 25, 2006 | No CommentsOne must first learn civility before he learns the (martial) art, and one must first know his ethics before he knows his skills. -
A New Order
Posted on July 25, 2006 | No CommentsHow long has it been since a real knight was trained? You still hear all the time about the Queen of England knighting someone, or about an order of Knighthood doing this or that. But do these “knights” really practice chivalry? A pity that these days children can’t be brought up as knights the way they might have back then ...brought in as a page, then a squire, then eventually knighted when they’ve learned enough. But such practices are obsolete now days ... right? -
The Everyday Ethics of Chivalry
Posted on June 24, 2006 | No CommentsI got flipped off the other day. Maybe I was following too closely, because the driver ahead of me hit his brakes, glared into the rearview mirror and then gave me an emphatic one-gun salute. -
Dancing With Faith
Posted on December 23, 2005 | No CommentsWe are sometimes enthralled by the romantic notion that, in intimate relationships, we ought not do or say anything we don’t truly feel. To do so would be dishonest. Wrong again. Usually we have to go through the motions to get to the emotions.
