[Ansteorra] Rant (please feel free to ignore (was: Eyeglasses & period))

[Marc Carlson]

>From: "KEYNA" <keyna at hot.rr.com>
>Sorry folks period or not I am wearing my glasses. I want to see where I am
>going.
>Keyna

I think the point is, is that no one really should care if you do or not.  
If you want to be accurate, and do things in an accurate way, *you'll care* 
and will do what you can one way or another.  If you aren't interested in 
it, it's no one's business but yours.  Aside from the basic standard of "you 
must make an attempt at pre 17th century costume", there are no rules 
forcing you to do diddly.

All, I ask for is the same consideration -- if I want to do things _for me_ 
in a period fashion (or nor, as has been discussed in this thread) don't 
give me crap for it, and don't call me an authenticity nazi, or authenticity 
police.  If people ask for help, I'll give it if I can.  If people ask 
questions, I'll answer with the most historically accurate answer I can give 
them, because that's what I'm interested in.

I have to say that I'm a little tired of people assuming that if I'm in a 
thread and the question of what is accurate comes up, and I give an answer, 
peiople feel the need to defend the fact that they don't want to do that 
(sometimes quite vociferously).  Kvetching about special needs does not 
magically change something that is not accurate into something that IS 
accurate.

I tend to wear my modern eyeglasses so that I can see, too.  So what?  It's 
still not accurate, but that's my cross to bear, and I won't lie to you and 
tell you it IS accurate.  Someday I'll have to either decide to get used to 
not wearing my glasses and just not see stuff, or I won't.

Marc/Diarmaid