[Sca-cooks] SCAdian High school yearbook photo banned

[Saint Phlip]

Well, as of the latest news, his mother has decided, with the help of
the RI ACLU, to sue. Can't say as I blame her. If the photo was
unacceptable as his yearbook picture, it should have been unacceptable
as a paid advertisement. And, whether it's a period pose or not, I see
nothing wrong with the kid expressing his enthusiasm for the Middle
Ages.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/12/america/NA_ODD_US_Rejected_Yearbook_Photo.php

On 12/12/06, Laura C. Minnick <lcm at jeffnet.org> wrote:
> At 07:53 PM 12/12/2006, you wrote:
> >I took a look at the photo and was puzzled.  It would seem to me that if he
> >wanted to do such he should do it more in a period style.  The only fully
> >armed chainmailed and active depiction I recall offhand had the person
> >kneeling clasping the sword with the blade down and the hilt upright such
> >that it formed a cross.  The others armed and with sword that I recall are
> >funeral bronzes with the person depicted as dead/asleep.  Be that as it may
> >in my opinion a portrait shot in a period style appropriate to his persona
> >would have been a far better choice.
>
> The pose is a pretty standard pose for that kind of yearbook photo though.
> I've seen them with baseball bats, hockey sticks, etc. It's likely that the
> photographer would not have gone with the poses you suggest.
>
> 'Lainie, who thinks that if bats are allowed, so should swords be.


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