[Ansteorra] Authenticity

Christie Ward val_org at hotmail.com
Fri Apr 12 10:12:06 PDT 2002


Iago said:
>However, when you try to "enforce" your standard of authenticity on others
>you should expect resistance and hard feelings.  That is when some get
>labeled as a "Nazi."  You can be authentic, correct in every way and lead
>by example without being demeaning, overbearing and/or rude. In fact, there
>are some (perhaps many)who do.


I'd like to point out that this is a two-way street that Iago is describing.

Those who want more authenticity should not try to shove authenticity down
the throats of others.

HOWEVER, if people who are into authenticity are "doing their thing", it is
equally abyssmal for others to trample all over what they're trying to do
with persona play by trotting out twinkie-fantasy language, blatant
references to modern technology, or Star Trek.  Treat persona play as a
species of performance art -- don't disrupt the performance.  Surely your
discussion of the new multi-terabyte storage you got for your PC, or your
discussion of your trip to the Shrine of St. John of the Swirling Waters,
could wait until you moved farther away?

*Both* sides of this particular ideological divide need to accomodate the
other.

::GUNNORA::

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