[Sca-cooks] Authenticity Police: since we're castigating extremists anyway.. .

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Elaine Koogler wrote:
> Yeah, I caught the same grief at one of my early events over an obi (sash) I had
> made out of unbleached muslin...not from this person, but the woman who was the
> Principality Herald at the time.

Yeah, I've heard this from a friend who came to the East from Meridies,
and he had apparently had a similar experience, although what he was
wearing was simply a multi-colored, striped belt of which white was only
one of the colors.

So, not having gone and looked it up myself like a good peer, can
anybody tell me (preferably with some accuracy ;  )  ) whether white
belts and other insignia are specifically reserved by Corpora for
knights, etc., or is it really just an extremely well-observed
tradition? I live in a kingdom that has no sumptuary laws on its books,
so that's definitely not an issue.

My point is, if one decided to tell anybody to go *<ahem>* themselves,
and the horse they rode in on, if they had a problem with somebody's
belt at their first event, what's there, reasonably, to stop them? Anything?

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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"It was so blatant that Roger threw at him.  Clemens gets away with
things that get other people thrown out of games.  As long as they
let him get away with it, it's going  to continue." -- Joe Torre, 9/98