SC - RE: Special needs

Tue Apr 17 15:20:42 PDT 2001

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In a message dated 4/17/01 3:16:46 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
lilinah at earthlink.net writes:

> . When someone gets a 
> Peerage, there are always some folks who think, "They didn't get it 
> because they deserved it, they just got it because they're a friend 
> of so-and-so."
> 
> Anahita
> 

Quite true. I had to dress someone down the other day who was moaning about 
how so and so got their AOL, and all they are is the child of a peer. *She* 
(the complainer) had been a member for 8 months and had worked her butt off 
at 2 events. I jumped in with..."Really? And you know he (the child) is 12 
years old and has been working in SCA stuff for 7 years. He has taught at 2 
youth collegiums, cleaned and served at 12 feasts, participated in 7 A&S 
events, and done things as unwelcome to most as checking the privies for 
toilet paper at the war, and cleaning up garbage off the fighting field at 
night...."

Of course she apologized and said she wasn't aware of all that. I said, "Yep. 
Next time try to find out before you spout off. Everything is one sided if 
you don't know what you're talking about...."

Lars

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<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ff80c0">In a message dated 4/17/01 3:16:46 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
 lilinah at earthlink.net writes:
 
 
 <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">. When someone gets a 
 Peerage, there are always some folks who think, "They didn't get it 
 because they deserved it, they just got it because they're a friend 
 of so-and-so."
 
 Anahita
 </BLOCKQUOTE>
 
 Quite true. I had to dress someone down the other day who was moaning about 
 how so and so got their AOL, and all they are is the child of a peer. *She* 
 (the complainer) had been a member for 8 months and had worked her butt off 
 at 2 events. I jumped in with..."Really? And you know he (the child) is 12 
 years old and has been working in SCA stuff for 7 years. He has taught at 2 
 youth collegiums, cleaned and served at 12 feasts, participated in 7 A&S 
 events, and done things as unwelcome to most as checking the privies for 
 toilet paper at the war, and cleaning up garbage off the fighting field at 
 night...."
 
 Of course she apologized and said she wasn't aware of all that. I said, "Yep. 
 Next time try to find out before you spout off. Everything is one sided if 
 you don't know what you're talking about...."
 
 Lars</HTML>

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