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[Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Jeff.Gedney at Dictaphone.com:
>  > >Why only gay and bisexual SCAdians?
>because it's not. this is one of those generalizations in the SCA that
>are not founded on any facts, just a observation of a subset of the
>clerical persona.
>
>"if x is gay and has a clerical persona
>and y is gay and has a clerical persona
>therefore all clerical personae must be gay."
>
>This is of course a logical fallacy of immense proportions.
>The attributes of a subset cannot adequately describe the attributes of the
>full set.
>
>Adamantius, remember Ernst? or rather Father Erno Scrumalhi?
>In another SCA life, I myself was a participant in a household that was
>based on an English Abbey, and had a monks persoa. Still have the garb. I
>know quite a few people who have studied and recreate the religious life,
>and frankly I resent the blanket statements that a) the religious persoane
>in the SCA are "joke" personae, or b) they are gay.

I would resent such a blanket statement, too, which is why I didn't
make one. I posited a theory, based on observation, but also clearly
qualified as such. The syllogism above wasn't part of my thinking
process, so while your resentment of it duly noted, it doesn't apply
to me.

Adamantius