SC - Opinions?

[R. Del Boccio]

Michael Newton wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Solstice Studios" <solstice at moscow.com>
> To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 12:52 AM
> Subject: SC - Opinions?
> 
> > I am curious to get opinions or experiences on the issue of allowing
> people to attend the feast and not purchase the food.
> >
> > Some argue that the venue and entertainment is as much the product as the
> food, and all attendees should be paid.
> >
> > Others argue that the more who attend all add to the environment, and also
> that those who cannot afford or cannot eat the food for other reasons should
> not be excluded from such social bonding and enterainments.
> >
> > What does everyone here think? Anyone ever done any thinking along these
> lines?
> >
> > -Aleska
> The Problem I have with Off-board is that it encourages people to run to the
> local McD's or KFC, pick your favorite Fast food place, and then bring that
> back to eat so that they don't miss anything.  Not only does this take away
> from the atmosphre of the feast but if you can afford Col. Chicken you can
> generally, in my Kingdom anyway Calontir, afford to eat the feast.  Now if
> you are allegeric to most of the feast that is different. Or you have picky
> children, and not every event has a children's feast, that is also
> acceptable. But just to come to feast and eat a Big Mac. NO don't even do
> that!

Well, apart [perhaps] from the time Crown Prince (at the time) Horic and
Leah and their entire entourage brought their off-board meal in from
White Castle _and_ Burger King (they said they liked the White Castle
bags and wrappers, but preferred the Burger King crowns) at some event
or other, I'd find the bringing in of blatantly commercial fast food
rather offensive, and in an autocrat's place, I'd have no hesitation
about treating it like a can of Coke: if I don't see it and don't know
about it, I can't object to it, can I? Otherwise, get it the h*** outta here.

Before people ask why I might tolerate this behavior on the part of
Horic and Leah, I can only plead that if you _knew_ them, you wouldn't
ask. 

Adamantius
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