ES - Fwd: Fw: Please do this!

Rhonda New rbnew at ftw.nrcs.usda.gov
Mon Oct 30 09:55:03 PST 2000


Thank you, Galen!
There are much nicer ways to re-emphasize list rules
than to flame a person, especially a new one.

And it will be a much better world for all when people
realize that tolerance works two ways!

/Ly Elizabeth Hawkwood



baron at elfsea.ansteorra.org wrote:

> Galen here!
>
> I'm not the listadmin of this group anymore, but I did
> found this list, and I wrote the rules for it.
>
> Quoting Picard Ren <rendagimppie at yahoo.com>:
>
> > Yes, you have stepped on toes, if I wanted to be
> > preached at and told that I'm an evil person because I
> > don't believe in YOUR savior, I'd go to church!!!  I
> > got involved with the SCA for many reasons, one of
> > which was that I would not get harrassed by fanatical
> > religious people who felt they had to push their
> > belief and opinions on me.  This is not the type of
> > information that should be within these mailings.
> >
> > Kateryne la Escolpiera
> > (aka Ren the Gimp of Northkeep)
> >
> >
> > --- L D <davenport_laura at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I may be stepping on some toes for this, but
> > > sometimes
> > > in life, we all must make a stand.
> > >
> > > Laura
>
> Two wrongs still don't make a right.  Laura's note is
> not relevant to the Elfsea list, though as a Christian
> myself, I have immense sympathy for her message.
> There's actually a rule for this list that excludes
> this sort of message forwarding to the list.
>
> Kateryne's note lacks the courtesy I expect of posters
> to this list, and which the rules also require
> (especially in dealing with valued new members who may
> not have picked up on all the little subtle
> distinctions of how we play).  Sorry, Kateryne, nowhere
> does _Corpora_ or Kingdom Law, and certainly not the
> tradition of Elfsea, ban Christians from discussing
> their faith.  If you feel that innocuous little note
> was harrassment, I suggest that, while I know nothing
> to make me believe that you're an evil person (as you
> suggested), you do seem a tad oversensitive.  The SCA
> is not, and does not try to be, a safe-haven from
> religious -- or even specifically Christian or Jewish --
>  influence or expression.  I hope the others of those
> many reasons will influence you to stay in the SCA,
> despite this one small failing of our group.
>
> I look forward to you visiting Elfsea to meet some of
> the folks you've been exchanging e-mail with.
>
> - Viscount Galen of Bristol, KSCA, Pel., etc.
> Baron of Elfsea
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