I still don't see what cutting with a blunt was supposed to prove. If it had been contrasted with a cut by a similar sharp I could see the point, but not as it is. Am I missing something?
Good question. I figure it to be anything involving a heavy weapon tbh. I don't use shields or two handed swords for example. Not because I can't, but because I can't use them effectively for long.
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I'm with Colin here. The only reason a 'federation', whatever that might look like, might form in the near future is precisely if the government moved to ban or license swords as Victoria did a few ye ...