[Ansteorra] Was (a long time ago) Question 4/24 (change). Now: the "P" word.

[Burke McCrory]

At 01:03 PM 4/27/2004, you wrote:

Actually, I was not thinking of Principalities at all.  They would suffer 
from many of the same problems that a Kingdom would.  I was looking at the 
fundamental issues of how the SCA works and things like number of reigns 
per year, number of events per group, etc.

Burke

>Come on Burke, you can go ahead and say the "P" word. You don't have to 
>hint around it.
>
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>H.L. Barat FitzWalter Reynolds
>M.K.A. Stephen Pursley
>Barony of Namron
>Kingdom of Ansteorra
>
>>I have sat and read all of the commentary on this question and a thought 
>>has occurred to me.  The cost of living (here represented by the price of 
>>gas) has always effected how we collectively participate in the SCA.  One 
>>of the basic tenants of this game is that we can and do travel to the 
>>different areas in the Kingdom (you can substitute region, area, barony, 
>>etc.).  If the cost of travel becomes prohibitive (however you choose 
>>measure it) then it seems to me that a change in one of the fundamental 
>>aspects of the SCA may have to occur.
>>
>>Burke
>
>
>>At 12:24 PM 4/27/2004, you wrote:
>>>>From: Jan Aarons loveofhalesworth at yahoo.com I would agree with most 
>>>>of your statement but I don't think the statement below was very fair. 
>>>>It >shouldn't matter if you are rich or poor, it only matters how you 
>>>>play the game...
>>>
>>>I agree, it shouldn't matter.  For some people, it does, and that was my 
>>>point.
>>>
>>>>And yes at this point you could pretty much say he was poor. So, you 
>>>>shouldn't say that poor >people shouldn't play in the SCA...
>>>
>>>I'm sorry, I thought you were responding to something I had written 
>>>(since you quoted something from what I had written).  This was clearly 
>>>my mistake since you couldn't be responding to what I wrote.
>>>
>>>I would never say that poor people should not play in the SCA. In fact 
>>>what you were  quoting was pointing out that they do, and while it's 
>>>easy to dismiss them (the whole "maybe people who are poor shouldn't be 
>>>wasting their few funds on a luxury like the SCA" thing, since this is 
>>>an argument that has appeared in the past, during the non-member 
>>>surcharge thing, as I mentioned -earlier- in the same message), the 
>>>contrasting arrogant condescension in the latter part of the sentance 
>>>towards those people who DO have money (much less the over all tone of 
>>>the message) was a hint that the first part of the sentance was not 
>>>written as a criticism of poor people.
>>>
>>><snip>
>>>Marc/Diarmaid
>>
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