ANST - what can we learn ... was: Sumpt. Laws & Belt Stories...

[j'lynn yeates]

On 20 Oct 98, at 22:38, jhartel wrote:

> Similar story happened to a lady I knew years ago.  ... At Hector and
> Rowan's 2nd (I believe) coronation.  Only this time the knight did not do
> the chastising himself, he sent his squire over to do it for him. Needless
> to say the lady politely informed the squire that 1)she was relatively new
> to the SCA (this being her 3rd event)and did not know of the ruling, 2)her
> thin, handknotted belt was "ecru" and not a "true white" and 3)that since
> she was in no way pretending to be a knight nor passing hersef off as one
> that he, the squire, could tell his knight to get "stuffed" unless he had
> the honor and courage to address her himself.  Well a very flustered
> squire left and was never approached by the knight. Several times
> throughout the day the lady was sent very nasty glances by the knight but
> all she did was smile and wave at him.
> 
> Fortunately, this and the other stories are NOT in the majority. 

pity, if more would handle this matter exactly how your friend did, this 
situation would not occur as often as it does .. i applaud a rational person 
standing their ground against such narrow minded stupidity and  
"peerage" politics ... i do hope the person involved managed to transcend 
the politics and found a home in the SCA ...  the organization is better for 
people like this (who will tell the emporer that he left his clothes at home ...)

this points out a very important point that is often forgotten by those that 
achive these ranks ... they carry a higher level of obligation than most are 
used to bearing.  

as peer it is always important to remember that your actions and 
interactions are much more visible to those around you ... as a 
representative of your order are held to much higher standards than in a 
earlier phase of your life ... you are looked to a leader and model but when 
you come accross as a belligerant bully taking advantage of those weaker 
than you (in this case one who sends your students to carry out your dirty 
work for you) what message are you sending to those students and the 
populace at large ... how do your actions reflect on your order as a whole 
... are you a living example of the ideals that you are supposed to hold 
above all or have you simply adopted the trappings and abusing the power 
and prestege ....

squires learn from their knights ... in this case what did the squire learn?  
hopefully they are a greater person than their knight, and will transcend the 
example set by that knight in this instance.  hopefully they will learn from 
this lesson and will make it a point to try to insure that as student, they do 
not replicate the failings of their teacher.

'wolf 
.. who has seen many good knights / masters who truely understand and 
try ... and as many bad who don't have a clue and could care less


... When we hunt, we all function with one mind
... - Boingo, Pedestrian Wolves
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