NR - Regional Identity

[Jennifer Smith]

On 2 Sep 00, at 12:08, Rebecca M. Heydon wrote:
> one of the things we heard over and over again at Pennsic this year was how
> great Ansteorra was because Ansteorra was Texas.  

We attended an event recently (I think Steppes Warlord -- it was in Canton, 
anyway) wherein a spot was taken in the main court to discuss the lack of 
chirurgeons kingdom wide.  

And so help me if the person talking (I *think* it was the Baroness of 
Steppes) didn't say something to the effect of "How wide is Texas?  How far 
north to south is Texas?" before going on to issue a plea for more 
chirurgeons.

Well duh.  I guess us folks up here in the north either have way too many 
chirurgeons already, or simply don't need them.

So.. how do we fix that?  Since I don't walk around with a sticker on my 
head that says "HI, I'M FROM OKLAHOMA", I'm not always sure that 
visiting southern events does a huge amount of good.  If I knew more people 
up "in the ranks", you bet I'd take them to task (nicely, privately) whenever 
OK was left out of a discussion.  But I have to admit that I don't feel that is 
my place, at least not yet.  Maybe in about 5 or 6 years...

-Emma de Fetherstan
Mooneschadowe Herald


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Jennifer Smith
jds-emma at operamail.com
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