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Date: 27 Feb 97 09:18:23 +0000
From: Jonathan Schofield <jonathan.schofield@designmotive.co.uk>
Subject: The truth is outdoors
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Dear BDers (does that stand for Brit Disc or Brain Dead!),

There are two perfectly reasonable solutions to this=20
insane debate about dropping of pulls.

1) The penalty for dropping the pull indoors, where=20
there is no wind and weather to fight against, should=20
be increased.=20

You should forfeit the whole game!=20

You will, after all, only lose about 7 minutes play time,=20
and gain more time to eat junk food from vending machines,=20
play cards, watch crap daytime TV and all the other useful=20
things you can do at an indoor tournament.

2) If you are stupid enough to try and argue that=20
dropping the pull should not be penalised, you should be=20
banned from playing Ultimate completely. The rest of us=20
will be better off without you.

You could go and invent a new sport which presents no=20
physical or mental challenges, and which has rules that=20
you only stick to if you and your sad friends feel like it.


On a more serious note...

It is indicative of the malaise in British Ultimate that we=20
are even debating this issue and what constitutes 'Spirit'.

For most players of Ultimate around the globe, 'Spirit'=20
is the desire to push yourself to the limits of your athletic=20
and mental abilities and, in the heat of competition, still=20
have regard for your opponents rights under the rules as=20
well as your own. When British ultimate starts to reflect=20
this rather than the half baked attitude it has now,=20
we might start getting somewhere.

Yours

Jonathan
Shotgun