[Sca-cooks] SCA media relations

[Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach <jenne at fiedlerfamily.net>:
>  > > If you look like media, and you're on
>>  > your own, you can expect to be challenged in a hostile manner.
>>  Why? We really don't need to offend the press. We already have enough
>>  trouble with stereotypes and the "wierdness" angle to worry about. If
>>  you wish to control the situation, there are probably a lot better
>>  methods to do so than offending folks, especially the press.
>
>Respectable members of the press would have contacted either Pennsic or
>Coopers Lake, beforehand or at the gate. They would be escorted by a media
>liason. That's the rule. A member of the press wandering around loose is
>already breaking the rules. They've already displayed contempt and
>disrespect for our setup.

True. Also, sometimes we, as SCAdians, worry a little too much about 
offending people. Not always, just sometimes. When you have to ask 
someone if they are, essentially, trespassing, there's a limit to the 
number of truly polite ways to ask (and they tend to take a lot 
longer than a simple, "ID, please?"), and if the person is truly a 
SCAdian who belongs there, there's a strong risk of having the 
incident remembered as an example of your extreme rudeness when in 
fact it was just somebody doing his/her job in a reasonably 
forthright manner.

Not always. Sometimes. I have been both the perpetrator and the 
victim of this type of misadventure numerous times, though, and 
usually the first and best thing a polite person can do is ignore 
another's perceived rudeness.

Adamantius