[Ansteorra] Love and recognition

[Kelley Ross]

To be honest, I think that labeling someone as only playing for the"cookies" 
is unfair to both them and our kingdom.  Labeling someone as such does 
nothing but cause hurt feelings and could possibly cause that person to stop 
what they've been doing to contribute, and that in turn is bad for the 
kingdom.

Who are we to judge someone's motives for contributing to our game?  No 
matter what motivates people to fight, perform, or volunteer, their 
contributions are welcome and needed to keep our society functioning.  If 
you were autocrating an event and had a shortage of help, would you only 
accept volunteers who were doing it out of "love"?  Would you even ask or 
care if there were ulterior motives?

I know people who could fight (or perform or work etc...) for their entire 
lives and not get a single award and yet they would still continue.  I also 
know people who feel that serivce or talent of any sort should be rewarded, 
and strive for the positive feedback of awards.  Who is to say that one does 
better service to our kingdom than the other?

To me, no matter the motive, a person's donations to our society are worthy 
and cherished.  As long as the efforts made are to better our kingdom, no 
one should be scrutinized for the source of their motivation.

Yours in Service and Song,
Lady Angelique Le Woulfe