[Ansteorra] the Attack of the "Authenticity Police"

[Duncan MacNamara]

My personal experience with these so-called "Period Nazis, Period Police, 
Authenticity Police" etc. has shown me a different side of the coin so to 
speak. In my case, it was a handfull of people who used their "knowledge" 
against myself and my crew because they didn't "tolorate" our choice of 
persona (Like they were in any position to tell us what our persona choice 
had to be), which most of my persona's details can be documented... My 
persona itself is not all that unreasonable... just unreasonable to certain 
people. If everyone were required to document every aspect of their persona, 
there would likely be few people left willing to "play" the "game" of the 
SCA. And in my own stubbourness and eagerness to play and entertain, I 
myself have some apologizing to do on my own end, which I shall attend to 
next time I see the people I have offended. Well, not all of them, but the 
ones that I'm sorry I offended.

But back to the subject. Call it the troll... call it the gate... who cares? 
it's where you pay modern money and fill out modern paperwork and find out 
where you park your modern vehicle.

Autocrat/Event Steward? Ohh.... that person you can't find on sunday morning 
of an event because they lost their mind trying to make sure the event ran 
smoothly?

Privy... however you wish to call this one, they are a neccessity. period. 
even though the ones we use aren't period.

Does it really matter what terms you use for these things, so long as they 
are not offensive? I swear people nitpick over the smallest details...  
*shakes head*

Lord Duncan Patrick MacNamara
Captain of the 'Iron Lotus'
Commodore of the Allied Outlanders Fleet