NR - ability

[Lori Campbell]

> Date:          Tue, 05 Sep 2000 16:51:14 -0500
> From:          Merrik Viltar Har <merrikviltarhar at swbell.net>
> Subject:       NR - ability
> To:            northern at ansteorra.org
> Organization:  Society for Creative Anachronism
> Reply-to:      northern at ansteorra.org

> Aelfwyn says;
> > Merrik, if I go out to my driveway & try to lift my one-ton truck with
> > nothing but my back & happy thoughts, I'm going to hurt my back & the
> truck
> > probably won't go anywhere. In the same vein, if we achieve Kingdom status
> &
> > have to struggle to maintain membership in an area that is not
> > demographically suited to support us at that level, we will burn out a lot
> > of good people in the attempt.
> > I'm not saying that it can't be done, because I haven't seen the numbers
> > yet, but it *is* a factor that has to be considered. Yes, numbers can
> change
> > & membership can increase, but they either have to stay (& pay) once they
> > come or else we have to have a sufficient mundane population pool to draw
> on
> > to keep replacing them. I'm only asking (& yes, I am going to look for the
> > information myself) if Oklahoma can provide us with sufficient membership
> to
> > maintain a Kingdom.
> > Aelfwyn
> 
> Aelfwyn, if you try to lift a truck by yourself, you need to be smarter than
> the truck.  Use a car or truck jack, that is what they are for.  It is not
> how hard you work, it is how smart you work.
> 
> No you aren't saying it can't be done, you are following with what your
> landed say, which "sounds" like, regardless of the intended "meaning" that
> Northern Ansteorra could not accomplish it, much less anything else.
> IMNSHO, it sounds as if you have already decided the grapes are sour, so why
> bother.
> 
> I'm only asking, why, if we make what we do an enjoyable past time, why
> Northern Ansteorra could "not" attain sufficient membership.
> 
> Merrik
> 
> 
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