ANST - What? Us Pompous? Nah....
Nan Bradford-Reid
ad-4na at mail.utexas.edu
Wed Jan 7 12:35:34 PST 1998
At 02:17 PM 1/7/98 -0600, you wrote:
>This is an interesting choice of words: pompous and egotistical. It
>seems that to many people, these two things go hand in hand. Well, I
>disagree. I think of pompous as putting on a good show. You know, pomp
>and circumstance. People say that I'm pompous and I say, sure I am. Do
>you think that knights in the middle ages tried to walk around and not
>make a show of themselves? Heck no! They took the field with banners
>and pennants with as much fanfare and ceremony as possible. People in
>the middle ages were ostentatious! If you ask me, that's one thing
>that we lack in the SCA: I don't think that there's enough >>good<<
>ceremony and showmanship.
>
>-Pendaran
>Pompous? Egotistical? Meglomaniacs? Where? Not in the SCA! <gasp,
>choke,
>coff>
>
>Catherine
I didn't say it was necessarily *bad*. I agree with Sir P'n'C that we don't
have enough show in the SCA. However, there are a few folks who take
themselves *way* too seriously and end up ruining a good time for the rest
of us Not you, Pendaran, I like the way you play the game and wish more
folks would follow suit...myself included (I can't be pompous because I
don't have enough self-confidence--that's not always the same thing as being
egotistical). The thing we all have to remember is that IT'S ONLY A GAME.
<grin--preachy mode off>
Catherine
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