[Ansteorra] SCA slang

[Carl Chipman]

"If that's the way things are shaping up, we (the history crowd) can't
possibly win, and that's depressing."

Win? Is there a war going on?

Jean Paul de Sens


Carl Chipman
Nomadics, Inc.
cchipman at nomadics.com
http://www.nomadics.com


-----Original Message-----
From: ansteorra-admin at ansteorra.org
[mailto:ansteorra-admin at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Theron Bretz
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:22 AM
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] SCA slang

> I believe that most of us fall somewhere in the
> middle between the "nazis" and the fantasy partiers.

Your Excellency.  Well said, although your phraseology raises a more
general
question.  Why is it that those who are serious about history are called
Nazis?  This is not directed at you, it's a fairly common turn of
phrase,
but one I find deeply disturbing and highly insulting .  It seems that
anyone who tries to enforce some modicum of authenticity or tries to
enforce
the stated purpose of the Society is the moral equivalent to the people
who
brought us the Holocaust?  And at the same time, the fantasy and beer
crowd
are just harmless partygoers, Frat Boys out to have fun, until the bad
old
Nazis told them to shape up.

If that's the way things are shaping up, we (the history crowd) can't
possibly win, and that's depressing.

Luciano Malatesta




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