[Ansteorra] just read the link

[Michael Silverhands]

On Dec 18, 2006, at 5:37 PM, Lori Campbell wrote:

> Am I really hearing here that everyone is just fine with this  
> seventeen
> year old kid posing with live steel as if the SCA actually supports  
> the
> idea of children bearing (and using) real weapons of war? Sure, we
> understand the reality of the situation, but would any person off the
> street who is ignorant of what the SCA is, and what it does?
>
> - Kat MacLochlainn
>

Hi, Kat:

I started to not reply, but ultimately decided that silence could be  
construed as consent, which would be incorrect in my case. For what  
it's worth, I wouldn't be ok with a 17 year old kid playing with live  
steel within an SCA context, because that is clearly against our  
rules. (Wearing or posing is another matter. Almost all of us bear  
arms that we would never use on a list field; e.g., a belt knife. I'm  
perfectly ok with a 17 year old kid striking a dramatic pose with  
Medieval arms and armor, for a photo to draw attention to his hobby.)

However, that has no bearing on this controversy, which is over  
whether it's ok to include that photo in a school yearbook -- which  
is arguably not so clearly against the rule being cited.

Whether that photo is an ideal representation of the SCA is a whole  
'nother matter. :-)

Michael