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From: Lawrence PAULSON <94853843@mmu.ac.uk>
Organization: Manchester Metropolitan University
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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 17:11:53 +0100
Subject: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice (and other works by J
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Dear All,
I'm glad to have sparked a discussion with my tournament report:
"It's good to talk!"
I have a comment in response to some of the things which I
inadvertantly provoked (with some help from Si Hill of course).
In my original comment, no implicit critiscism of Catch was
intended. As Si alluded to in his later message, there's a different
attitude towards Spirit, and rule-calling in Leeds than is prevelant
in Manchester, but who's to say which is right? Certainly not me.
All I was trying to say was that in the final last weekend (and
possibly before but I can't comment because I didn't personally
witness anything) the different style of play collided, and produced
some inevitable friction (as I saw it). Whether the players involved
agree or not is almost irrelevant. I saw it, and I think others did
too. Hence, I thought it was worthy of a mention.
Also:
Si Hill wrote:
>I presume then, that Laurence is referring to the fact that we took
>the turnovers when the Bears dropped the pull (twice) in the
>semi-final.
No. I didn't see this semi-final at all (I was probably in the
canteen drowning my sorrows in English Breakfast Tea after our
pitiful performance against Bradford).
Dave Murray wrote:
> the only moment of confusion
>being that I myself called a foul, whilst in a bit of pain
>then withdrew the foul, but when I subbed off no-one seemed to realise
>I had withdrawn the foul.
ONLY moment of confusion? Are you sure? Maybe I did watch a
dfferent final then...
Neil Travers wrote (in an obvious attempt to wind me up- the cad!)
>Not wishing to get too personal, but Laurence has been known to
>misunderstand/overreact to minor discussions at tournaments. (National
>Indoors a couple of years ago, 2 Druids discussing something on the
>sideline). He's obviously a sensitive fellow.
I consider myself quite an outspoken member of the Ultimate
community, but you can be 100% sure that I never speak:
a) without thinking first
b) unless I feel something needs to be said
c)sometimes to be provocative
If what I witnessed at the National Indoor Finals '95 between the 2
Druids was what Neil calls a 'discussion' then I would hate to get
into an argument with one of them (unless I was properly armed). And
yes, I am a sensitive fellow and I'm proud of it. This is the reason
why I am always careful never to stress that my tournament reports
should not be regarded as the whole truth, because I know I can
never be anything other than subjective
Finally, as I said in my original posting...
> However ( I think) they were all friends at the end.
And I'm glad to hear they were :)
Love and Luck,
Lawrence PAULSON.
Chair, Fingers 6 (Manchester,UK) Ultimate Frisbee Club.
Tel: (0161) 882-0560
Webpage:http://yi.com/home/Fingers6/