[Ansteorra] New article from Willow

[willowdewisp at juno.com]

Ha! I like period bully. Awesome! Thanks, Helene! 

-Grainne 

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On Dec 20, 2012, at 12:29 PM, "SoldierGrrrl" <soldier.grrrl at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Tina Michael <tinabetta at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I was thinking the same thing, we are doing this for a bit of fun.
>> Otherwise we would have been drawn to Civil War reenacting ( they are total
>> authenticity notzies)
> 
> I am going to apologize for hijacking this thread, but I'd like to point
> out the term "authenticity Nazi" is hateful, hurtful and in general,
> something I think would be best stamped out of society as a whole.  Unless
> you know an ACW reenactor that has put large groups of people in prison
> camps, or killed them because the weight of the wool used for a uniform was
> wrong, they are not Nazis, and no one deserves to be called such a horrible
> thing. (Unless they really *are* Nazis.  Then, slap that label on them all
> you like.)
> 
> For an excellent perspective on this, I refer to you to
> http://attack-laurel.livejournal.com/65495.html, a wonderful hysterically
> funny peer who puts it into words better than I can.
> 
> I have *no* doubt the phrase wasn't intended to hurt anyone, but I truly
> loathe that we've gotten so casual about using the phrase "x-Nazi."  Using
> "x-Nazi" trivializes what the Nazis did, and probably puts an unfair
> assumption on the person being call an "x-Nazi."  There are so many great
> words in the English language that convey the feeling: tyrant, absolutist,
> despot, bully.
> 
> I'll take my soapbox and go away now, and I wish you all a very happy
> holiday season.
> 
> In service to country and crown I remain,
> Helene Dalassene
> -- 
> "Whatever their fond sentiments for men and women in uniform, for most
> Americans the war remains an abstraction – a distant and unpleasant series
> of news items that do not affect them personally."- Robert Gates, Secretary
> of Defense.
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