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<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">> "your presence here is ruining our ambiance".</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">>Never have I been more ashamed of this society</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">>then at that moment; I don't care if it was a high</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">>persona event, it was exceptionally rude and uncalled for.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">There are a couple of ways to look at this. One is that part</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">of the very few site rules states that all participants and visitors</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">should make an attempt to blend in. If the rude person who</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">came up had offered some spare tunics to throw over their</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">mundanes, would your friends have balked? </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Some people consider our events to be Renn-Faires where</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">we are there to perform for them. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Of course this could have been handled much better, possibly</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">on both sides. The person was within her rights to ask your</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">friends to leave. Especially if they hadn't paid admission fees.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The event is a kind of private party with rules the attendees</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">need to abide with. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Okay, that caveat aside, we usually welcome visitors and</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">explain a bit about what is going on. I took time from fighting</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">at Spring Faire (and losing points in doing so) to explain</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">fighting to a group of visitors in mundanes. We welcome</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">visitors who are only there for a bit because perhaps</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">the next time they will pay to come in and wear a tunic. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">"High Personna" tournaments, especially as I've seen some</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">done by Bryn Gwlad (I'm not saying this was one of them</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">since I wasn't there) have tended to be a bit stuffy and smug.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">People speaking "forsoothly" when it suits them or looking</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">down on others not dressed as well or acting the way they</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">want them to. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">An example of "High Personna" in a good way was always</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">the Lions Tournaments put on by Hrabia Jan or some of the</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">old "Culture Camp" Elfsea Springfaires. The last Three Kings</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">felt much like a good High Personna event. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">I didn't go to Bryn Gwlad because it felt rather like one of</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">the stuffy High Personna type events. We had been too</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">busy preparing for my Laurel Ceremony, Reception, and</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">all the rest for Warlord to get all the things requested of</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">visitors to Lysts ready. It looked fun and I really applaud their</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">effort in putting together as close to a period event as possible.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">I just didn't have the time or ability to get everything ready </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">just so I could attend.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">I don't want to defend the rude actions of the person who approached</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Gwen but I also wonder how the situation occurred. How long</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">had her friends been there? Were they rude to the lady requesting</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">they cover themselves? Some events are more designed to welcome</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">mundanes than others. And, as stated earlier, I think the approach</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">could probably have been a heck of a lot more polite.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Gwen, you know not everyone is dismissive or impolite in our</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">group. You have faced some bad times and rude people, but you</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">also know you and your family are welcome with us at any time.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Not every event is the same and not every person is. Enjoy</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">the good and shake your head sadly at the bad.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Yers,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Gunthar</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><br /><hr />Instantly invite friends from Facebook and other social networks to join you on Windows Live™ Messenger. <a href='https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_InviteFriends' target='_new'>Invite friends now!</a></body>
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