tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071693565849271352.post3011820056964209347..comments2023-10-16T08:46:21.245-07:00Comments on The QuidKid: Thoughts From Brotherly Love Cup 2012JackthePhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01956241963772487087noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071693565849271352.post-88829930330487346932014-01-30T12:15:48.748-08:002014-01-30T12:15:48.748-08:00"Seeing old people in death eater costumes an..."Seeing old people in death eater costumes and little kids dressed in their Harry Potter Halloween costumes kind of hurt the competitive atmosphere." My family and I come to Chestnut Hill every year for the tournament and festival, wear our costumes, and cheer on the teams. We support quidditch in many way and it has been very sad to see the judgmental attitude of insecure people who don't think the sport will be taken "seriously" if there isn't a movement to conform to the "real sport" ideal of some narrow view of what that can and can not consist of. My hope is that more welcoming inclusive views will begin to prevail. After all this is 2014 groups of people who were once discriminated against are now demanding the equality and tolerance that should never have been with held. Surely Quidditch a game conceived by a woman, refined by open minded college students of Middlebury College and championed by people overcoming stigma of all kind with the title 9 3/4 rule is above making anyone feel unwelcome for supporting quidditch however they may choose to dress. Wisconsin sports fans wear foam wedges of cheese on their heads and it only serves to enhance everyones experience. Adults dressing as Wizards in no way keep an athlete from doing their best on the field. Quidditch 4ever peace from the Quidwitch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10558814187087967082noreply@blogger.com