Lion of Ansteorra

[dennis grace]

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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