[Ansteorra] Odd question reguarding persona development
Marc Carlson
marccarlson20 at hotmail.com
Wed Sep 27 19:18:53 PDT 2006
>Chris Zakes dontivar at gmail.com I don't know the back-story on that one,
>but in my experience Sir Francois was always the soul of courtesy, and I
>can't imagine him *forcing* someone to take an award she really didn't
>want. It may well have just been schtick. (Don't forget that Meridies is
>also the kingdom that kills off its crowns at the end of every reign, so
>they have lots of practice at schtick. <G>)
One thing I have noticed in the Society (and in fairness, other places as
well) is a general difficulty actually *believing* that someone who says
that they don't want awards really means it. Often I have been told that
this person or that is just playing hard to get, that they really want the
awards, but are exhibiting false modesty, oh, and my personal favorite --
they need it and will grow into it. And you know what? Most of these
people saying these things were otherwise very courteous - it just doesn't
sink in that "no" means "no."
Marc/Diarmaid
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