ANST - What? Us Pompous? Nah....

[Nan Bradford-Reid]

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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