[Ravensfort] viking garb

[Cam Battaglia]

jacinth <jacinth at mail.ev1.net> wrote:
"Olivia G. Rodrigues" wrote:
>All I know is that I'm a member of the Society for CREATIVE 
Anachronism...not the Society for Compulsive Analism. 

This may have been tossed this off innocently enough, but this is 
statement is patently insulting to members who approach research
(or any aspect of the SCA) seriously. You may not have intended a 
slight, but each time I hear this a small part of me dies inside, 
and I just want to say...



You touched on a nerve here. After sitting on this all day, I would like to 
address this in a rational manner. I have heard this argument before, and it 
really fails to acknowledge the facts that we should be here to learn, that 
some people have more of a desire to learn than others, there exist members
that have different interests and expertise, and also that we belong to a 
society that contains kingdoms that have regionally different standards from 
our own. Too often it is fobbed off as justification for not even attempting 
to do the right thing, even in the face of factual and doable information. 
I provided the article as edification. You may take what you like from it 
and leave the rest, if that is your desire. That does not give you free 
license to grouse or be insulting because other people have more stringent 
standards than you (please realize, terms like "garb snob", "authenticity 
nazi", and "compulsive analism" are just as hurtful as someone criticizing 
your garb because you made your hose out of spandex). I may not complain 
that others cannot financially meet some level of authenticity, but that 
does not mean I think that we should not strive to better ourselves as 
allowable... or at the very least acknowledge that there is room for 
improvement (and believe me, there is always room for that). 
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Jacinth,

Unfortunately, there are quite a few of our cast of characters that fall into the category of "garb snob" (or whatever you want to call them) ... and they aren't afraid to snipe, out loud and quite publicly, at those who for whatever reason, be it monetary or knowledge, do not present the correct facade that they feel they should.  Perhaps if our Peers would SAY something to those that are guilty of these actions, we could get beyond the snide names that are so very hurtful.


 

 


Ly. Katrina Alyse Argo 
a.k.a. Momma Cammie 
m.k.a. Cam Battaglia 
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The world of poetry, mythology, and religion represents the world as a man would like to have it ...  while science represents the world as he gradually comes to discover it. 
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