Made to Swear Fealty

Baronman at aol.com Baronman at aol.com
Mon Jun 9 05:11:08 PDT 1997


>Well, considering that this *is* technically a recreational organization and
>*not* a real country or religion, the whole SCA fealty thing really is a
>construct created to coincide somewhat with medieval precedence and somewhat
>with the romantic Arthurian ideal so many of us hold dear. Frankly, the idea
>that anyone would actually consider swearing fealty in the SCA to
>potentially conflict with any situation in real life is really quite
>ludicrous and suggests an individual with one foot out of the stirrup, if
>you know what I mean.

Very well stated, but what you fail to realize is that  many people within
the SCA consider it (the SCA) to be reality.  They not only have one foot out
of the stirrup but both.
  Your thoughts???????

 Baron Bors of Lothian  ( Recovering Reality  Checker in the SCA)
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  Par Deu, bel sire, cist est de ae vostre lin,
  Et si mangue un grant braun porcin
  Et a dous traitz beit un cester de vin.
  Ben dure guete deit il rendre a sun veisin.




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