04-19-2015, 05:20 PM
Reading more about this sounds like a few insecure douchebags rigging things because they didn't get lionized by prizes, like the vast majority of writers. I read a bit by an author named Flint who dissects things pretty neatly, and like GRRM, is a pretty Big Gun. Also, he is an unrepentant leftie who has also not won a single award which kinda disproves the working theory of the Sad Puppies.
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.