[Ansteorra] Lighten up and Where has all the fun gone.

[Baronman at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/18/2001 10:21:34 PM Central Daylight Time,
dwarvenhome at yahoo.com writes:

<< I was also told "This  will ruin your SCA career" Uhhh last I checked this
is
 a game... not a livelyhood.. it is ment to be fun. >>

My Lord-
  I don't know you and I'm pretty sure that you don't know me, but let me
enlighten you upon a particular aspect of the SCA.  To many individuals
within the SCA-this is their way of life.  All their energies and devotion go
into the SCA.  All of their societal values are wrapped up in the structure
of the SCA.  The SCA is not a game to be PLAYED-but a way of life.  To these
people the SCA is a career.  They live it, breathe it and love it.  They go
to great length to be seen with the right SCA people.  They are always
working for the Kingdom not for the awards but because the find all that they
need within the SCA.  So please don't fault these people who are so immersed
in the SCA way of life.
  Please be tolerant and try to understand where these people are coming from.
Most of all, please try to do your own thing and have PHUN in the SCA while
still being politically correct in all aspects.  Remember-some day the people
you tick off might become the King or Queen.  I learned that lesson the hard
way- I still take six month sabatical's when a certain person sits the throne.

Baron Bors
On step 7 of the 12 step program for recovering SCA'ers