[Ansteorra] Cookies and merit badges

[Iago]

I shouldn't do this pre coffee, but I'm going to anyway.

Nothing about the system is offensive and/or wrong.  How some try to  
use/abuse any system is offensive and/or wrong.

Many people who aspire to polling orders have a check list in their  
head. They see the path to an award as a series of hoops to jump  
through to get the award. If the desired award does not come soon,  
they get bitter and blame the circle or "politics."   Not the fault  
of that circle, but a problem they have to deal with.

What I find offensive are people who finally obtain their award and  
immediately abandon their field.  Not a problem with someone who gets  
a thistle and goes on to a new art, but it is a problem for instance,  
if a person drops rapier within weeks of getting a white scarf.  (No,  
I'm not speaking about a particular person.)

Iago
(P.S. I prefer thin mints.)

On May 21, 2006, at 10:22 PM, Jean Paul de Sens wrote:

> Due to the long drive home this afternoon, Gilyan and I landed upon  
> the subject of "cookies and merit badges" and wondered at the  
> negative connotation associated with such things.  So we're wondering:
>
> What's wrong with merit badges?  What about the system is offensive  
> and/or wrong?
>
> Jean Paul
>
> P.S., please try to keep the "I like chocolate chip" responses to a  
> minimum as I'm genuinely curious about this question.
>
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