[Northkeep] Lighten up and Where has all the fun gone.

Tue Jun 19 10:20:12 PDT 2001

Vivat

Angus
--- "Riney, Loralei" <Loralei.Riney at bannerhealth.com>
wrote:
> Vivat...one thing i would say is this...the SCA is a
> family..what type of
> family, how close knit, etc...is what YOU make of
> it....a rule of thumb i
> have used over the years....is what i said or did
> going to impact someone to
> the extent that 5-10 years from now they will still
> hold it as close as they
> do now ( as either a good feeling or a bad feeling)
> I would hope that the
> good things, the hugs, the smiles, the demo pulled
> off at the last minute,
> the saving a tent from the storms at Marlow,  the
> lessons on rapier field
> etc..are the things that remain....we have to
> remember that sometimes the
> things are really not so important as to disband or
> distance us from our
> friends or family...tho they may be hurtful or
> irritating or seen as stupid
> or mean....how long do these really last... Just as
> in mundane
> families....yes one of our "relative" may piss us
> off or upset us....but
> wait...it depends on the day or the
> week....eventually another "relative"
> steps up and makes us forget what the other one
> did.......it all comes
> round....
>
> Lann
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlakHawk [mailto:blakhawk at blakhawk.cjb.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 7:08 AM
> To: northkeep at ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Lighten up and Where has
> all the fun gone.
>
>
> I give this man a Standing "O". I also remember the
> times in which I was
> accepted, nay ENCOURAGED to voice my opinion and not
> looked down upon or
> chastised for "Not Being Politically Correct" within
> the society. These
> things of which he speaks are the things that
> brought me to call a Group of
> People, commonly known as the SCA, friends. I had
> grown to enjoy the
> camaraderie and friendship that grew among our
> circle as a whole within the
> SCA. I still occasionally find people and
> circumstances that do live what I
> believe to be the dream although they are few and
> far between within the
> realms of "Political Correctness" in the modern
> version of the SCA.
>
> BlakHawk
> Keeper Of MY Dream.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brown Chass" <dwarvenhome at yahoo.com>
> To: <Northern at ansteorra.org>;
> <Ansteorra at ansteorra.org>;
> <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 10:16 PM
> Subject: [Northkeep] Lighten up and Where has all
> the fun gone.
>
>
> > Ok I am writeing this email in defense of myself.
> I am
> > sick of haveing to defend myself and on public
> lists.
> > If I have offended anyone I do apologize and If I
> seem
> > "Contraversial" it is because I wont let people
> walk
> > all over me. Now things have come down to the
> point
> > where someone I need to be able to get ahold of is
> > blocking me from emailing over this stupid thing
> with
> > my signature. We are supposed to be mature adults
> > here.. the sca is supposed to be fun not some
> place to
> > hunt for excuses to persecute and jump all over
> > someone. I have been in the sca for 10 years and
> have
> > seen this off and on for that amount of time but
> it
> > has gotten worse in the last 6 months to a year
> here
> > in ansteorra. MY signature was ment as a joke
> between
> > me and several pagans who are friends. It has been
> > there since i opened the account. Now if you are
> so
> > sensative that my little sig bothers you then you
> dont
> > need to say... watch heavy weapons fighting for it
> is
> > violent.... or go to events cause there is
> drinking at
> > most of them... or conversations that may enflame
> > carouseing. I was informed that most of the
> populace
> > of the north doesnt like me... Ohh who are you?
> Let me
> > know and tell me y,.,,, if it is because of my sig
> I
> > do feel for you because you musnt have any friends
> for
> > people say stupid things. We come into the SCA to
> have
> > fun and to act as if we are in the time period our
> > character and etc from. We are not here to find
> > trivial things and jump people cause we can. I try
> to
> > go around and make friends and thought I had quite
> a
> > few in the northern region as well as a few in
> other
> > regions. I love to go to the fireside gela's and
> get
> > to know others. I hide nothing in who I am and
> dont
> > expect anyone else to either. I dont mean to come
> off
> > as rude, beligerent, disrespectful, contraversial
> > etc.. I say things like i see them. I dont call
> down a
> > person and rag them out over their religion or tag
> > lines. I have better things to do.. and alot
> better
> > than defending myself. Before you decide you dont
> like
> > me etc.. at least meet me and then come to a
> educated
> > deduction before you decide.. "Well I dont like
> him he
> > is too honest". Now I am not saying that everyone
> is
> > saying these things... actually i have only had 4
> > people online and one via phone complaining. I
> have
> > had quite a few people defend me and tell me they
> > liked my sig. If they would have came to me and
> said
> > nicely that they didnt like it etc I may have
> changed
> > it.. attack me and I fight back. I was also told
> "This
> > will ruin your SCA career" Uhhh last I checked
> this is
> > a game... not a livelyhood.. it is ment to be fun.
> > When I first started a person could have fun and
> not
> > be judged for every little action. We would sit
> around
> > the fire and enjoy each others company, we would
> sing
> > and dance and carouse. People got mad that is the
> way
> > with people but they got over it and moved on
> instead
> > of holding grudges and trying to play... "Power
> > games". Shesh I see enough of that in real life I
> dont
> > wanna see it here as well. People need to put the
> > enjoyment back in the game instead of trying to
> kill
> > the dream in others because "They are too
> > contraversial". I will put this to rest now and if
> you
> > got a gripe, greevance or complaint about me write
> me
> > not the list and we will hash it out. I am a open
> > person and have nothing to hide. On this list my
> ICQ #
> > as well as my email address... write me msg me
> etc...
> > I will answer. Just dont judge me until you get to
> > know me. This letter was not written to get a
> "Rise
> > out of anyone" or to encourage fighting in the
> lists
> > as I have been accused of.
> >
> >
> > Chass
> >
> > =====
> > Get a Taste for Religion... Lick a witch
> > ICQ # 2776047
> >
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