[Sca-cooks] Some disturbing news about one of thefoodmerchantsatPennsic

[Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Dan Phelps:
>That might be generally so my lady... but I was in full garb and so was
>everyone else.  Hell they were even carrying a huge banner pole complete
>with a 10 foot penant.   He demanded verification of attendance from each
>and everyone and he was not polite about it.  As a side note all the
>offesnsive encounters I recall with this individual were in broad daylight
>and as far as I recall everyone was stone sober... I know I was.

Some of this has already been said, so I'll just throw in an extra 
couple of words...

If it _was_ Viscount Edward, he suffers from really terminal 
busy-ness at Pennsic, and can appear to be brusque when all he is 
doing is requiring the information he needs immediately, with no time 
to mess around. Under the circumstances, if he demanded your 
credentials, didn't actually call you insulting names, but suspected 
you might be a member of the press who had not previously cleared 
your presence with the event authorities, he probably _was_ being 
pretty polite, compared to some of the possible alternative 
behaviors. Let's say, it's conceivable he was as polite as your 
average traffic cop, state policeman, or member of our military when 
in full duty mode. Which is as polite as is necessary to get the job 
done, and no more.

This gentle (and deep down, he is, although some do find him 
outspoken at times, like many SCAdians) has given an awful lot of his 
time over many years so thousands of his closest friends can have a 
good and a safe time; I think he deserves to be cut a little slack at 
times.

And if he demanded credentials he was probably just as concerned with 
the well-being and insurance coverage of everyone involved, as much 
as with the potential for adverse publicity, and as has been said, 
garb is no guarantee of membership or good intent.

Adamantius