<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-5 http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
<META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT size=2>What I think is not being considered here are the instances in
which banishments have been imposed in the past. Banishing individuals who
are darn close to crossing mundane lines between acceptable and unacceptable
behaviors is not "out-and-out personal, arbitrary
discrimination." Not letting someone play because you don't like
their skin color, race or religious affiliation is certainly against 'mundane'
law. However, telling someone they can't play because they verbally
or physically threaten someone or because they proposition small children is not
the same thing. There have to be some guidelines for acceptable and
unacceptable behavior in any instance where large groups of individuals interact
with each other. It's a sociological necessity. Ignoring
"bad" people and "bad" actions will not make either of
them go away.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Lady Rowan</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><A
href="mailto:rebecca-luehrs@utulsa.edu">rebecca-luehrs@utulsa.edu</A>
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>(posting from her husband's account....) </FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>The problem you run into with the temporary
banishment is that it is, under the rules of our country, straight
out-and-out personal, arbitrary discrimination; which is against the
law. Subscribing to the theory that it is "period" won't
hold up in court. So, unless you are going to banish each and every
person throughout the SCA who does the same things, without regard to family
affiliation, whether they are accepted members of a household, or whatever,
then it falls under the definition of discrimination. Ergo, to remove
the possibility of a legal problem because some particular person or group
may not "like" someone else, remove the rule, and the problem goes
away.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>