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Message ID: 23995
Date: Mon Feb 26 21:18:47 GMT 2001
Author: Kimes, Dean W.
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Bard% was (Patch message)


snipped for the digest folks...
>i dunno what nietzschian is, but by your definition, that actually seems to
describe
>the bard class to a T. you can take the easy way out and play mana song
all the
>how to pull, or twist multiple songs to make your group much much better.
>are you denying that there are people out there who are ignorant or who are
lazy?
>how about this analogy? why aren't you a professional baseball player
making millions
>of dollars a year? The reward is there. Some would say the reward is much
more than
>of playing baseball at that level? I think it's being honest.

Not really. Just because not everyone choose to play the class doesn't
prove that not everyone can play the class.

It is arrogant to assume that everyone who chooses not to play pro baseball
does so because they cannot. Undoubtedly there are many who could, but
instead play pro football, basketball, soccer, etc. There are far more
reasons as well. It was amusing you chose this analogy to me. I probably
could have played pro baseball, in high school I could already throw an 85
mph fastball. In my senior year I quit playing though because I found
baseball boring. Too much standing around, and not enough brain usage.
True I probably could have made millions, if I didn't blow my arm out
trying, if the pressure didn't overwhelm me, if... You get the picture.
The number of baseball players, or football players, or musicians, or
actors, who make millions a year is roughly the same proportion to those who
try as the number of lottery winners is to those who play. Sometimes it is
arrogant to assume something, even if it is proven later to be truth.