[ANSTHRLD] FW: [Steppes] Plea for the SCA

[doug bell]

That is why most CoA comments aren't published.

Magnus
Orle herald


>Thought this was worth passing along for discussion.
>
>Alasdair
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: steppes-admin at ansteorra.org
> >[mailto:steppes-admin at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Catalina
> >Damiana Sanabria Rosado de Xerez
> >Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 6:36 AM
> >To: steppes at ansteorra.org
> >Subject: [Steppes] Plea for the SCA
> >
> >
> >  I was looking online for some info on Heraldry when I
> >stumbled across some old issues of the gazette and Ansteorran
> >LOI online. I decided to check it out, being curious. To my
> >horror when I started reading, it was full of insults and
> >snide remarks, "Is this an axe or an oversize toothbrush",
> >"The blazon calls this a falcon but it looks more like an
> >obese pigeon",remarks in that vein. Imagine how someone barely
> >months into the SCA would feel if they stumbled across remarks
> >like this about their device on google. We lose more people
> >this way than most of you imagine. The people we lose could
> >have been the best king we ever had, or the chirugeon who
> >might have saved your life one day. I would like to make a
> >plea to anyone who puts their comments in writing in any
> >quasi-official capacity to do so in a civil manner.


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