[Ansteorra] Story from Crown Tourney

[Rose]

Wow, Helene, you are making so much soup from my oysters that it must be tasteless by now. :P

I do condition myself to the weather, and I'm not doing any of the other rude things that you said in your last paragraph. I do those things because I have to, not because I want to, and not because it's fun. Dealing with the extreme heat is necessary. I am in the SCA because I want to be, and because it's fun. Dealing with the extreme heat for our events is not necessary.

As for your first paragraph, that is exactly my point, Helene. You nailed it, and I thank you.

We have two groups of people who disagree. So my repeated suggestion is that we look for ways to accommodate both groups. The general response has been that it's insulting to even start to look for ways to accommodate both groups of people. As one man recently put it, people do not yet actually think about what's being said. They are still feeling about what's being said.


No matter; this discussion will come up time and time again, and, in
time, the shock of a challenge to this unhealthy and uncomfortable
tradition will no longer be seen as a challenge to our chivalry. We
will see progress, but I, for one, do not expect to see it anytime soon.

I am not asking you, or anyone else, to agree with me. I am asking
those in charge of these things to consider the opinions of BOTH sides. It's not a hard request, and shouldn't be an arguable one.


-R

Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy marshmallows, which is kind of the same thing.

--- On Mon, 7/12/10, SoldierGrrrl <soldier.grrrl at gmail.com> wrote:

From: SoldierGrrrl <soldier.grrrl at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Story from Crown Tourney
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 5:36 PM

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Rose <rose_welch at yahoo.com> wrote:

> But fighters who want to fight outside in the worst heat, no matter what, are asking the *entire populace* to condition themselves, to stay out in the worst heat, and to listen to their bodies. You are asking this of everyone from toddlers to the elderly. Quite of few of us are replying:
>
> We don't want to.

And the fighters, who are being asked to fight indoors?  Quite a few
of us are replying:

We don't want to.

If  you (generic) live in Texas and you deliberately DO NOT condition
yourself to the weather, you (generic) are foolish and irresponsible.
I was in Houston during Ike and the people who were used to being in
the heat fared much better than those who did not.  Those who were
able to live in the heat and humidity came through with their spirits
intact, with a much better head-space.

No, Crown Tournament isn't as sweeping as a hurricane, but sticking
your (generic) head in the sand and stomping your (generic) foot and
saying "I don't wanna!" is just ignoring history and the events that
happen just about every summer here in Ansteorra.

Helene

-- 
I've asked forgiveness from the Lord, now take my soul, and bring my sword.
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