True story - my freshman year in college, I was heading to the dorm one day and walked by the basketball court. There I saw two people, wearing homemade armor, beating the heck out of each other with broomsticks. I knew I wasn't in Kansas anymore.
Later, I found out it was just some "SCA" thing. As I recall, it stands for "Society for Creative Anachronism". Those people were strange, but they're probably running the country now.
I thought maybe they studied philosophy and sang trouvere songs........
So you think John Kerry was one of these 'reenactors?'.............nah........he's not brave enough to joust. ;)