[Ansteorra] psychos et al.

[Trish Kvamme]

"The mob-mind can be a frightening and vicious thing, and good people can be 
destroyed by the malicious tongues of others, and stories often grow in the 
telling."

I came home from 10 days of vacation and saw this thread, kinda a shocking 
title to open and find in a mailbox when lulled by too much turkey ;)

One thing to all the wisdom written in all these responses I wanted to add 
is well reflected in the above quote.

If you hear something about someone, consider the source.  In all my years 
in the SCA I have found that often those being slandered are dynamic, 
caring, fun people who make good friends.  Some people fear change or fear 
what is new and different and strike out through gossip and aggressive 
slander to cripple a public or very energetic figure before they can gather 
a tide of enthusiasm around them.

This can be another brass hat, a newcomer, an officer, anyone can be on the 
receiving end.

  Sadly, this cripples not just those who would bring new dimension, depth 
and fun to our community and game, but cripples the community and stagnates 
it, causing it to dwindle.

Over time I have learned to seek out the subjects of such slander and 
gossip, and talk to them.  Get to know them for myself before buying into 
the drama.  The greatest treasures are often the hardest to seek and find.  
If someone goes to that much trouble to bury someone's reputation or 
something another person has created or are trying to champion, it may be 
that the teller of tales is hiding a great treasure that you may come to 
love.

Seeking out that treasure can be a great adventure, and in the process you 
may make a new friend that enriches your dream.

Larissa


>From: "Zubeydah Jamilla al-Badawiyya" <zubeydah at northkeep.org>
>Reply-To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
>To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: [Ansteorra] psychos
>Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:32:47 -0600
>
>It was written by someone that I am unfamiliar with:
>
>>We need a method to take care of the psycho's.
>>Niklas
>
>The mob-mind can be a frightening and vicious thing, and good people can be 
>destroyed by the malicious tongues of others, and stories often grow in the 
>telling.
>
>Therein lies the biggest problem.
>
>Who defines who a 'psycho' is? The 'in' crowd? the angry mob? the current 
>brass hat? the 'popular' folks?
>
>Playing devil's advocate,
>
>- Zubeydah Jamilla al-Badawiyya
>
>
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