[Bards] Courtesy book

[lanphier taylor]

Gottfried

Was it you that told me that they knew of a web site with the courtesy
books on it.
Willow

On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:37:26 -0500 "Gottfried Krimmelbein"
<gottfried at zamigo.net> writes:
> 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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