Lion of Ansteorra
dennis grace
amazing at mail.utexas.edu
Mon Jun 30 21:42:36 PDT 1997
Greetings, Cosyns,
Lyonel ici.
Hossein Ali Qomi, Lion of Ansteorra, responds to my wife's query with:
> Traditions may not meet naive standards of "fairness," but they are
>the one thing which tie us to those who built the Kingdom. <snip>
Sorry. I have an MA in English; I've studied several other
languages--including French and Latin, the source languages in this
dispute--and I teach Rhetoric and Composition classes (in English). Can't
say I've ever come across this particular dichotomy before: standards of
fairness in opposition to tradition constitute "naiveté"? Moreover, none of
my dictionaries identify "fairness" as antonymous with "tradition."
I would have to suggest to Hossein Ali Qomi that the term "naive" is
ill-chosen and would suggest further reflection upon same.
Incidentally, since we recreate a period that honors written records, I
would suggest that history not only ties us to those who built the kingdom
but ties us more securely thereunto than tradition.
Yours in Virtual Service,
Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace
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Dennis Grace
University of Texas at Austin
English Department
Recovering Medievalist
amazing at mail.utexas.edu
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