[Ravensfort] Fwd: [Ansteorra] The death of Chivalry (was What has happened?)

L T ldeerslayer at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 4 15:28:00 PDT 2005


Another post I thought ya'll'd be interested in...

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--- Lori Campbell <countesskat at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 09:26:17 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Lori Campbell <countesskat at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Ansteorra] The death of Chivalry (was What has happened?)
> To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
> 
> A comment was made that Chivalry is dying, to which
> Master Robin of Gilwell replied that Chivalry is
> always dying... has always been dying.  In other
> words, the SCA isn’t changing as drastically as any of
> us think.  The problems we have now are the same
> problems that existed in the SCA 20-30 years ago. 
> This ties in quite well with a conversation I had over
> the weekend where I said I feel the game is different
> now than it used to be.  I was told it isn’t as
> different as I think.
> 
> After giving both ideas a great deal of thought, I’m
> thinking I agree.  
> 
> The SCA’s existence is all about the death of
> chivalry, right?  It offers something society doesn’t
> – a means to save the chivalric values we perceive to
> be ideal (plus, we get to dress in beautiful clothes,
> create really cool things and hit people with sticks).
>  
> 
> In that sense, this game is probably the same as it
> has ever been.  Honor and chivalry have always been
> present in some form, as has the lack thereof.  There
> are incredible highs and devastating lows. 
> 
> So, our game is the same yesterday, today and always.
> 
> I don't think that means we shouldn't be concerned
> about why so many people fall away from the SCA
> claiming they no longer see the ideal values in
> action.  For every person we notice has left there are
> a dozen or more who left that we didn’t notice.
> 
> I have a hard time believing they are all simply
> delusional - not when so many are the very role models
> whose presence made the game magic for me in my early
> days, not when so many are newcomers brimming with
> enthusiasm and promise, and especially not when I've
> felt like writing that same "chivalry is dead" letter
> so many times myself.
> 
> No, the sky is not falling.  We still have noble
> rulers, exciting tournaments, singing, dancing, etc
 
> That doesn't change the fact that there is an
> undercurrent out there which really does cost us, both
> in terms of actual numerical growth and preservation
> of our heritage.
> 
> Kat MacLochlainn
> 
> 
> 
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