Originally posted by gendzwil
I guess it depends on what you mean by disparaging. I didn't mean to disparage iaido, I think it's a fine martial art that serves many people very well. We just disagree on the extent to which it trains people for actual sword combat. I happen to think kendo has the exact same "problem", but that doesn't invalidate it either. I think the substance of Meik's comments is essentially my view, expressed with a little more attitude. So is the question is it OK to speak what you believe to be the truth in a straightforward manner?
Therein of course lies the rub. People who make disparaging remarks about others, usually, if not always, believe that they are true. So because the poster believes the statement to be true, means it is ok?
If I believed the things I wrote while playing devils advocate in the first post, would it be ok for me to go about espousing those views in public forums?
Charles Mahan
Iaido - Breaking down bad habits,
and building new ones.