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

[Tom Vincent]

Look, you asked for an example of what a good crown acts like and I 
provided you with one:  Actors hired to please the audience.  Now you 
complain that some of those actors are rude to people.  Did I say that 
being rude to people was a part of how a good crown should act?  No.  
Did I in any way suggest that that irrelevant behavior by an actor 
outside the scope of the situation was relevant or material or 
pertinent?  No, no, no.  You're making up irrelevant counter-examples 
that neither move the discussion forward nor provide improvements on the 
base point.

To some extent, the SCA *is* scripted, more of an impromptu theater than 
a fully scripted production, but the stage direction is this:  You're 
the king.  The populace has gathered around your throne to hear your 
pronouncements, the results of the day's tourneys and to have you 
dispense a few awards.  Now...Action!

Now, the examples of what SCA crowns can do that you've mentioned merely 
fortify the position that better selection methodologies should be in 
place in order to better ensure that they don't abuse their position, 
banish people unfairly, elevate the unworthy and generally be a bad 
example for the populace and to outsiders.

Simply saying that the current system is crappy and can't be improved is 
an unimaginative combination of ignorance & capitulation that I'm just 
not willing to succumb to.  I reject the notion that 497 members and 3 
schizophrenics can't come up with a small number of possible 
alternatives that address their concerns, improve the situation, 
increase the candidate pool, and result in crowns that more accurately 
portray the positive, sanitized crowns of Disney-fied Medieval days that 
SCA members want.

Duriel

Huette von Ahrens wrote:
> Because at the Ren Faires, the crowns and their courts are actors following scripts.  
> Sometimes the scripts are very complex, but they are scripts nonetheless.  And I have 
> seen these actors, while still in character, be very rude to people who are not in 
> their cast. They have nothing to win or lose. It is just a giant play to them.
>
> The SCA, on the otherhand, is not scripted.  And our crowns have positions of importance 
> to our group, although not necessarily to the real world.  Kings can create "laws" and 
> affect changes as to how our game is played.  They can elevate someone to higher status.  
> They can banish a person from participating in our game.  They are honored, given lip 
> service to by toadies and sycophants. and have almost their every whim catered to.  The 
> good kings are loved and don't make the SCA unbearable to their subjects.  The bad kings 
> are like brats who make life and the SCA miserable to their subjects.  But how can you 
> know who is which, unless they have reigned before?  And who is to determine who is good 
> and who is bad?  I can guarantee that a kingdom with 500 members will have 503 different
> interpretations of that. 
>
> Huette 
>
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