[MR] Miss Manners: Authenticity Police

[Robert J Welenc]

At 06:52 PM 9/7/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Wolf wrote:
>
>> This was in the Roanoke Times newspaper up here a few days ago.}:)
>> Has that distinct SCAdian taste to it.*G*
>
>Actually, I thought it probably sounded like a later period
reenactor
>-- Civil War, possibly as early as 18th century -- due to the
mention
>of wearing vintage garments ... one so rarely sees SCAdians wearing
>full period garments (though there are a few who incorporate TMS
>artifacts into garb and armor) ...
>
>Karen Larsdatter

Same here -- I've *never* seen or heard tell of an SCA Authenticity
Nazi pulling at people's clothes to check the seams!

I have heard of similar stories with the Civil War re-enactors;
*they* won't let you play unless you are authentic right down to your
*underwear*!

Alanna
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