[Ansteorra] Change in Ansteorra

[Lori Campbell]

El caballero Lyonel elocuente escribió: 

> Wow. That's a stretch, Excellency. First, no one has suggested
> putting us under any corporate umbrella.

HuH?  The stretch is the implication that I was suggesting any such
thing. My comment was only that, given our history, I would’ve been
surprised if someone hadn’t made that connection.    

> Second, this suggestion came from within. I don't believe we've even
> discussed this on the SCA Chivalry list


Sigh. I didn’t say *this topic* is a conspiracy from on high, or that
the chivalry were involved (sneaky little buggers that they are ;). I
think what I tried to say (evidently not very well) is that in the past
there were rumors of conspiracy. Rumors of conspiracy and actual
conspiracy are not the same thing at all. 

> Third, honestly, that whole rebellious Ansteorra thang is ancient
> history.

You think so? I doubt it. I don’t think all the Ansteorran rebels are
dead and gone by a long shot. It just takes sufficient cause to
motivate them to action. Thereagain, I’m sure YMMV. 

> as for the suggestion that "we need to adjust our armor standards to 
> be more in line with Kingdom Q," please put it out of your head. 

Not an easy thing to put out of one’s mind when the proposal is that we
adopt corporate armor standards across the board to put us in line with
every other kingdom. Or did I miss the point?  

> As for the idea that eliminating our Armor standards will make us
> less Ansteorran, let's examine the changes in light of that
> suggestion. 

You can go there if you want. I still think that falls under the realm
of speculation (what *might* happen *if* we do a certain thing.) 

> Sweeping change? Hardly.

I agree that the difference between ¼ and ½ inch of padding is
negligible and hardly worth arguing.  Taking Ansteorran rules and
eliminating them altogether?  That equates to a sweeping change in my
book.  It shouldn't surprise anyone that I dislike the idea of putting
“whatever corporate currently requires is fine with us” in our Kingdom
participant’s handbook. Others have done a good job of presenting
arguments on why this might be a bad idea. I don't feel the need to
cover the same ground.

> Well, if you honestly perceive a potential risk, I'd love to hear 
> about it. 

Most of my perceptions of risk involve a lot of that darned flag waving
stuff. That said, I’ll save my personal soapbox for my online journal;
that way I’m not roughing a captive audience. :)  Any attempt I might
make here would doubtless be taken personally by someone, somewhere,
and used to beat me later. 

Respectfully,
Kat MacLochlainn >^.,.^<




 
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