[NR] Naming the New Region...not Re-naming the North

[ld.blackmoon]

greetings

hopefully someone will continue to post the names from time to time, since 
the name site no longer likes me, and refuses to let me look at the list : (

Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun
Arthur
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Copley" <doug.copley at gmail.com>
To: "Northern Region of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." 
<northern at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [NR] Naming the New Region...not Re-naming the North


> Very well put my friend. The gathering ALL of those in the new Northern
> Region under a new name that all get to share is enough of a reason all
> by itself.
>
> Because of the fact that our region is widespread I tend to shy away
> from the red earth type names and look more towards heart or center or I
> thought that Grimblaster (spelled Grimm blaestare) was pretty cool.
>
> YIS,
> Vincenti
>
>
> On 9/22/2010 1:17 PM, Tadhg wrote:
>> Greetings,
>> Please accept my apologies for joining the discussion late but work and 
>> personal commitments conspired to delay me...and I did not wish to join 
>> the public discussion until I had read all the posts.
>> While I applaud the efforts that have been taken to date, I fear that I 
>> still feel some small--though important--void in our discussions. Now, 
>> perhaps they were addressed at the meeting. Again, my apologies for my 
>> absence on such an important evening.
>> It seems to me that the taking of a new name is not merely right and 
>> proper but a bit overdue. We are not the Northern region we were three 
>> years ago; just as our dear brothers and sisters in Bonwicke and 
>> Adlersrhue are not part of the Western region they were then. In
>>   that short time, we have been joined not just on paper but on the field 
>> and in our hearts.
>> Personally, I was born and raised in Bonwicke and know well the folk of 
>> Adlersrhue. They are truly more like the people that were the Northern 
>> region than they were ever different...but we allowed an imperceptible 
>> boundary to keep us apart.
>> Now, that boundary no longer exists but still we refer to the good people 
>> of Bonwicke and Adlersrhue as being "from the Western region". Still, we 
>> keep that border alive in our speech and action...and I for one believe 
>> that should end.
>> I believe that taking a new name is the best manner in which the old 
>> Northern and old Western regions can be set aside--and our new identity 
>> be wholly recognized.
>> It is not about tiring of being merely a point on the compass; it is 
>> about being one people from Bonwicke to Northkeep, and
>>   all points in between! I know this in my heart to be true...and I hope 
>> you will come to know it as well.
>> To Gassion and Gunnar, I believe this is the answer to why. Because we 
>> are not the same region, we should not have the same name. Three years 
>> have changed us in a fundamental fashion and we owe it to ourselves--one 
>> and all--to recognize that change.
>> This will be a sacrifice--and no small chore--but I believe it is a 
>> sacrifice worth making...sacrifice for the sake of your friends is what 
>> heroes do.
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tadhg
>>
>> ...brick by brick
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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