ANSTHRLD - Branch device change-how to's?
tmcd at jump.net
tmcd at jump.net
Sun Apr 30 15:03:43 PDT 2000
Naziism, paganism, and Christianity, all touched on in my message.
Asbestos pajamas, everyone!
On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Richard Culver <rbculver at hotmail.com> wrote:
> We are suppose to be an educational organization yet we hide
> research.
Sorry to interrupt your rant, but I've never noticed the SCA hide
research. *Application* of the research, sometimes -- no witch
hangings, no pogroms, little suppression of women, ...
> I really hate being a slave to the actions of the 12 years of the
> Arrogant Austrian.
(Took me a moment trying to think of which period Austrian you were
referring to. "Some Hapsburg? A Hohenzollern? ..." Then
1945-1933==12 clicked in.)
> The fylfot, to use the Middle English term, was used on weapons,
> burial urns, and other such things.
Well, In My Humble Opinion, too bad. I'm sure that most were not
marked with fylfots; there's any number of other symbols you can use.
> I assure you other symbols have bad track records yet still are kept
> around.
I can think of only one: the cross. However, the vast majority of
people in the US have positive or neutral opinions of it. This is not
the case with the fylfot, the South African three-armed thingy, the
pentagram (unfortunately), et cetera. (Lest you pigeon-hole me
inaccurately as a Promise Keeper or something: I'm a militant
agnostic/atheistic ygay man.)
(An SCA heraldic note: Northern Atlantia had a major fuss when they
had several candidates for their principality arms. One candidate was
reminiscent of the flag of Maryland, which is the Baltimore arms,
which is quartered with a cross (bottony, if memory serves). Several
people said that they were vehemently opposed, to the point of not
wanting to play there if it was adopted. I asked one what she would
do if she ever had to move to Maryland and see the flag on her car,
her driver's licence, state buildings, et cetera. I never did get an
answer.)
Daniel de Lincolia
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