[Northkeep] another opinion

[Cisco Cividanes]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that you have read 
Baldassarre Castiglione's "The Book of the courtier". ;-)

Someone really ought to suggest to the the more romantic complainers out 
their that they read...oh...I think it was the beginning of the second 
part of his book... where he is commenting about how each generation 
seems to think that the one before it was better than the one after it. 
Considering that the book was written over 400 years ago, I just think 
that that would be a gem of a thing to drop on the list.

But far be it from me to do such a thing, I'm just a lowly site herald 
who doesn't even live in the barony. I just consider you guys some of 
the coolest people in the north. (and yes, that includes you Marc! 
Though your medieval alter ego probably wouldn't show up on my radar 
because Lord Ivo (awarded his arms and title in Ansteorra, not England) 
has his own social circles to walk in and likely wont be bothered by 
trivial merchants and whatnot. (you see, I WAS taking notes in all of 
your persona classes.)

Seriously, though, I don't think I found anything in your long post that 
I disagree with. In reality, the generally accepted rules of  politeness 
truly are the best that we can strive for as a group that is as big as 
we are.

Though I must admit, I am debating a private post to their excellencies 
encouraging them to perhaps make fuller use of their guard in an 
enforcement role in order to protect scheduled activities that have been 
listed since before site opened. I know its a big kettle of smelly fish, 
but I _have_ perceived a noticeable decline in the exercised power (such 
as it were) by the nobles since the days of Sigen, Atherston and Barn. 
I'm not holding these people up as any examples of perfection in any 
way, but at least then, the sight of a baronial guard captain (all 6 
feet of him)  "politely" asking you to behave in court was not unexpected.

Anyway, those are MY thoughts on the subject. I figured you might 
appreciate them.

Cisco / Ivo
> And I maintain that we've *always* had those sorts of people, always had the 
> complaint that"things aren't as good as they used to be".  After all, on a 
> broader canvas, that's why a number of people JOIN the SCA - because of the 
> perception that the past was somehow romantically "better".
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