NR - Regional Identity

[Staci L. Myers]

I feel that having "Principality" as a goal is the wrong way to look at it,
as it tends to put people into "for" and "against" groups almost
automatically. I've seen enough division among friends over this game to
last me a lifetime.

This *is* a game, and games are supposed to be fun. I think that the best
goal to set for ourselves is to keep the fun in the game, keep working
together & *definitely* keep dialogues like this going so that people with
differing views can express themselves to one another. I think that for most
people, the written word is a better forum for this than speech, because it
allows time to reflect on both what has been said and your own reply.

No two people have the exact same vision of the Dream, but there is more
that enough room in the game for all of them if we all just keep in mind
that:

1. No one's Dream is more wrong or more right than anyone else's
2. Each person's Dream is as important to them as yours is to you.

If we keep things fun, growth *will* occur, & when/if the time to become a
Principality is right, things will fall together. If we have to fight among
ourselves to accomplish it, we're probably not ready yet. (& in case you're
wondering, I have no real opinion on the matter. My friends are my friends
no matter what the North is called, & that's why I'm here.).

BTW, Merrik, that was a unique & colorful (& smelly) job description for a
Prince.

Aelfwyn



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Merrik Viltar Har [mailto:merrikviltarhar at swbell.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 5:01 PM
> To: northern at ansteorra.org
> Subject: NR - Regional Identity
> 
> 
> You either live or die, get bigger or smaller, you can't 
> avoid change, you
> can only try to steer it.  I know there are a few who state being the
> Prince, (forgive my ignorance of the correct term), of a 
> Principality is no
> better than wearing the King's to whom you are a principality 
> of, personal
> piss bucket on your head (quoted as best I can remember, and 
> please BELIEVE
> me, those were NOT my words).  I disagree, principality for 
> some groups or
> region(s) is the way of nature.  Lets just not make it an act 
> of natural
> selection.
> We either wither and die, or grow and become unto ourselves.  
> Not that any
> one kingdom can live in the SCA without the rest of all the 
> kingdoms which
> make up the SCA, like all the regions make a kingdom, can't 
> have a kingdom
> without groups or regions.  So I mean unto ourselves in the 
> same way a young
> couple might buy an house and host their first Thanksgiving 
> dinner, probably
> will burn something, not have enough chairs or scotch 
> whiskey, but only the
> first time around.
> A year or so ago, the north was ready to attempt becoming a 
> principality,
> but a few, apparently enough however, brought a return of 
> chaos to the north
> and principality for us went far to the back burner, lets 
> make a united
> effort to make NRT and NRW excellent events by working 
> together as a first
> step towards principality!
> 
> Merrik Viltar Har
> 
> 
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