[Ansteorra] Re: Re: FYI

[Chuck and Rhonda Leggett]

I was not personally offended, nor threatened, by anything that was said.
Through the course of the thread, however, the contents of the various
messages were beginning to mutate, from omissions, to insinuations, to
assumptions,--  ; I was just hoping to keep things close to track.  Thank
you (every-one!) for maintaining civility through a very long discourse on
such a volatile subject.  Rather than becoming a "melee," I think we all
have achieved a little better understanding of each other.  (I have, at
least.  I've seen both sides well represented, and now understand more of
what I see and hear around me at gatherings).
   (BTW, Marion is a masculine-gender name.  Easy mistake, though.  No harm
done.)

Ever in service,
Marion du Massue.
House of Brick.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ulf Gunnarsson" <ulfie at mmcable.com>
To: "Chuck and Rhonda Leggett" <RLEGGETT at austin.rr.com>; "Marc Carlson"
<marccarlson20 at hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: Re: FYI


> Diarmaid said (and I quote):
> > Just to let you know, I certainly didn't want to convey the impression
> that
> > I thought you had created either the terms "authenticity Nazi" or
> > "Anal-retentive", particularly as used in this thread.  I'm sorry if
I've
> > had anything to do with your feeling castigated, as this was certainly
not
> > my intent.  Actually, I though Ulf introduced both terms, and that in a
> > joking fashion (which I did catch - I just really don't care for the
> > terminology).
>
> Actually, I was making a joke off of something Marion had said, as she
> summed up the debate preceding her post.  Unfortunately, a couple of the
> words in the summary hit the Big Red Shiny Buttons on a few people.
Marion
> is not at fault here.
>
> Marion said:
> <snip> One extreme sees the other as anal-retentive authenticity Nazis,
> while being themselves seen by the opposite extreme as childish and giddy.
> Fortunately, either extreme is very rare; this is perhaps the most
tolerant
> group of people I've ever known (or known of). <snip>
>
> That last sentence may have seemed like wishful thinking, looking at the
> posts of the past couple of days, but compared to most non-SCA mailing
lists
> and bulletin boards I have been on over the years, Marion is correct.
We've
> managed to converse on the subject without degenerating into simple name
> calling and Germanic sounding expletives.  Heck, Pug hasn't even stepped
in
> to threaten to moderate!
>
> Diarmaid, thanks for speaking up in such a passive/resistive stance.
>
> Marion, I am sorry for any grief you may be receiving or feeling over your
> good-intention post.
>
> Ulf
>