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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>></span></font>I don't see how you can
assume that in Ansteorra we judge a person's worth stricitly on the awards they
have received. There are many who are respected as if <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>></span></font>they are Peers...who for one reason or
another have not had what it takes to actually be acclaimed a Peer.<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I never said any such thing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>></span></font>And, no offense
meant, but, how do you judge whether a Peer is still deserving of their title
when you are not the one who made them thus.<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Again, I never said that. The comment was
made by the Peer that told me the little tale. I’m not saying that at
times I haven’t questioned someone’s worthiness, but then again, I
question my own all the time, too.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>></span></font>I have also found
that most people need to maintain a very shallow vision of others to maintain
"respect"....once they know people to any depth they cannot <font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>></span></font>maintain that
camelotesque illusion...and therefore are heartbroken at the fall of their
heroes from their pedestals...(yes I know I'm mixing allusions) And the heart <font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>></span></font>break is the at the loss
of the illusion. It doesn't really have anything to do with the person the
illusion is about.<br>
<br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Absolutely not true. I know several Peers;
Knights, Laurels and Pelicans that are just as courteous, selfless and humble
in the “real world” as they are in the SCA. The more I get to know
them, the more I respect them and the more those qualities become apparent.
This, I think, is what my friend meant by “ and some who don’t
deserve it “ . He is one who exemplifies a knight to me, a mentor,
confidant and all around honorable man, both in the Society and out. What he
was referring to is people I think you may be referring to. Those that play the
game, but it’s just play, and it’s just a game. When you get to
know them, you realize this, and the hero falls off his pedestal. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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As a Peer...<br>
<br>
I have found that it is incredibly hard to live up to my own ideals of what a
Peer should be, much less those ideals of random members of the populace who
haven't the depth or breadth of knowledge of the SCA to know what the
"Job" of a "Peer" entails.<br>
<br>
Sometimes I'm a good example of a Peer, sometimes I'm the bad example.<br>
<br>
It depends upon the situation and the perspective of the observer.<br>
<br>
There are times when I've appeared to be a "bad Peer" because I was
doing my duty as a Peer to take the brunt of the situation so as to make sure
that others could do their jobs effectively. Those who saw only the surface of
the situation would believe one thing...those who knew the depth of the situation
would know another.<br>
<br>
Peerage looses it's value when:<br>
<br>
people attempt use you for their own ends...<br>
whether it is someone who wants the weight of your Peerage in their
"fight"...<br>
or when you are used as a pawn by the powers that be...<br>
and when you get tired of being in the "Fish Bowl" all the time...<br>
or tired of being a target...<br>
and tired of having to discern every person's motives when they approach you...<br>
when all you want to do at the moment is just relax and have a little fun...<br>
<br>
cause we're all in this for fun aren't we?<br>
<br>
That's the truth of why Peers leave the SCA...<br>
<br>
and to be able to stay...you have to figure out how to have fun and concentrate
on those things that are redeeming to you in the SCA while dealing with all of
the BS above...as well as all the things in your personal life...jobs, kids,
SO's, etc...<br>
<br>
If you really are in the SCA for fun and that's it...<br>
don't even start on the journey to be a peer...<br>
don't even let it cross your mind...<br>
<br>
cause there are lots of things you will have to do on your journey that are not
fun...and there are lots of things you will have to do when you get there that
are not fun...<br>
<br>
In Service to the Reality,<br>
<br>
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lorraine</st1:place></st1:State>
DeerSlayer<br>
(insert alphabet soup here)<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Faelan Caimbeul
<faelancaimbeul@gmail.com></span></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>That's my point. There
are many in this Kingdom of knightly bearing who are not knights. I think this
is more defining than title. Unfortunately though, I have also found not just
Knights, but other peers as well who are not as deserving of those titles anymore.
It's sad, but some people work their tails off to get something, then seem to
forget why they got it and it looses it's value. <br>
(snipped verbage)<br>
<br>
Faelan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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