On offence and forgiveness [MR] was "A fine set of definitions

[Shane B. CyberGaddabout]

There is a reason I sometimes call us SFWOFOOS [pronounced 'swoofools'] - 
the Society For Wearing Our Feelings On Our Sleeves (greensleaves at that).

Alastair



>----- Original Message -----
> >    I know there's politics in the SCA, as there is in *any* group of
>people,
> > especially people who care passionately about what they are doing and how
>it
> > will be done. <snip>> Forgiveness, and the standards of honour that enable
> > someone to ask it, are traits that I hold in high esteem and ones that I
>see
> > frequently and easily practised in this Society.
> > Rosine
>
>MEA CULPA!!!    Seriously, when I posted #4, I believed it to be a level of
>play, one we should be aware of and guard against. However, had I known the
>amount of bitterness it would stir up, I would not have posted it.
>Perhaps, if we all learned not to take offense so easily,  apologize when we
>give offense, and forgive those who have offended us, our society (medieval
>and mundane) would be TRULY civilized.
>
>In Service to the DREAM,
>Livia