SC - [fwd] [Mid} sca becomes a general term

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/21/99 6:24:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
lainie at gladstone.uoregon.edu writes:

<<  that would have been dismissed if their involvement in the SCA had
 been known. 'Tis a shame, truly. >>

The shame is that these people don't boldly step forth and declare their
affiliation with the SCA so any negative thoughts could be dismissed by those
who had them. So far as 'academia' is concerned, my personal opinion is that
the fact that you paid some entity several thoudand dolars for the privelege
of pasting a piece of useless paper on your wall does not mean that you had
access to knowledge or were any more disciplined in the pursuit of that
knowledge than anyone else.

The idea that you have to pay to know is a relatively modern affectation and
is one of the most ludictous aspects of modern society.

Anyway, so long as SCA members who are members of the academic community
continue to hide their affiliation with the SCA at 'official' functions of
those groups, the idiotcy of out of hand dismissal will remain, IMO. A snob by
any other name is still a snob.

<Off the soap box>

al-Sayyid Ras ( who always proclaims his SCA assiliation and is ashamed that
he had any thing to do with academia in the first place. :-( )
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