[Bards] Courtesy book

[Gottfried Krimmelbein]

A suggestion might be to have footnotes with such disclaimers as you
mention.  This might lesson the "offense" some might take and or reduce the
"Well it wasn't ALWAYS done like that" sentiment.

I think a bard was the first one to say, "you forgot to read the fine
print."

Cordially in service,

Gottfried Krimmelbein
StoneBridge Keep, Ansteorra
----- Original Message -----
From: lanphier taylor <jonwillowpel at juno.com>
To: <bards at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Bards] Courtesy book


> Hello folks
>
> I would like as many people who can to put their input into this book but
> I know no matter what we do someone will take it wrong. I suggested this
> project with the plans that I would be the editor and there fore the fall
> guy. There is not much anyone can do to me. I don't want to be the
> authoritarian figure in charge. For example,Lord Robert's poem, I could
> live with it if somehow it was implied that "some" or even "most" people
> bow thereby giving us people who don't a way out.  Most of the courtesies
> are common and other than this I can't think of anything that would be a
> problem. Can any of you think of anything?
>
>
>
> On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 23:28:50 EDT Fitzmorgan at aol.com writes:
> > --
> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > In a message dated 7/11/02 7:43:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > Simone at elfsea.net writes:
> >
> >
> > > I dear freind have to disagree. we've been having this debate on
> > the GC list
> > > one persons vision of courtesy may not be anothers. just like one
> > persons
> > > view of the dream may not be anothers. I belive the Bards on this
> > list give
> > > us a good crosssection of the varring oppinions of what coutesy
> > is. I feel
> > > that this should be a group effort. Putting one persons vision as
> > the
> > > template could lead to a publication that is to stringent or
> > preachy, and
> > > could become a platform for dictating morality instead of what is
> > intended.
> > > a group concensus could help avoid some possible pitfalls.
> > >
> > > Simone
> > >
> > >
> >
> >        I understand your point and on one level I agree with you,
> > but on
> > another I disagree.   Almost any custom or tradition you can name
> > will
> > proubably have someone who doesn't like it.  People are just like
> > that.  We
> > could all get together in a large group and try to come up with
> > something
> > that will satisfy everyone and offend no one, but if we did it would
> > be so
> > bland and lifeless that no one would want to read it.
> >        Trying to please everyone leads to bland wishy-washy writing,
> > and I
> > loathe wishy-washy writing.  A document like this will tend to be on
> > the dull
> > side anyway and will require some skill and effort to make it
> > interesting.
> > Trying to please everyone AND be interesting at the same time is
> > more than I
> > want to try.
> >
> > Robert
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