[Sca-cooks] Re: Food-related Meta-Issue

[Tom Vincent]

Those aren't the only ways to gain a throne, but conquest from *within* the kingdom is quite workable.  Inheritance & marriage doesn't work, but a model for usurping the throne could be developed (though is should be reasonably rare and have a cost to the potential usurper).
   
  'Best' of period royalty:  Go to any Renn Faire.  The crowns are charming, elegant, graceful, entertaining, praiseworthy, carry themselves regally, don't break character, dress the part, are shown deference & respect.  What's wrong with that?
   
  Look, the SCA has already removed (for good or bad) the unquestionably single most potent force in the Medieval world, the church, from its structure, so what's wrong with excising wretched & corrupt crowns, too?
   
  Well, some people have written extensively about the comparison between the SCA and a cult structure, but, frankly, I think you could say that about many social organizations of significant age.  
   
  Why not improve the structure, expand the pool of candidates and raise the standards?  Wouldn't that be a step forward?
   
   
  Duriel

CorwynWdwd at aol.com wrote:
  In a message dated 4/19/2006 8:47:46 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
tom.vincent at yahoo.com writes:

Wouldn't it be better if the SCA had crowns that:
1) Gained the throne in period ways?
Via inheritance or conquest? Sounds messy and time consuming for a hobby.


2) Reflected the *best* of period royalty?
Examples please. They all had detractors too.


3) Were respected by the populace?
Again, not everybody agrees with anyone. Not everyone in period respected 
every crown, and some didn't deserve it. The fact that they could kill people 
made some difference in the response from said people. Read about how the 
English Peasant's Revolt was settled as an example.


4) Had proved leadership and organization skills?
Where I'm from that's what Pelicans are for .

We get the crowns we get because we're all human. We often aspire to 
greatness of soul, but as often our baser natures mess us up. I spent a considerable 
period as landed Baron down here, and frankly, ya do the best you can with 
what ya got.

The biggest scare for me, or I imagine any thinking person in our hobby, are 
the occasional people that show up that could probably either belong to or 
start a cult. They forget this is a hobby and frankly spoil a good time for 
the rest of us and usually go off in a huff, either to another group or to some 
cabin in the mountains I suppose.

Corwyn (with tongue slightly in cheek)


A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy 
enough people to make it worth the effort.
--Herm Albright
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