[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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