[MR] Re: authenticity...and the SCA as a joke

[Michael Houghton]

Howdy!

On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 03:25:23PM -0500, logan wrote:
> my initiatives herveus?  the only thing "i" did was put it specifically into
[snip]

I've spoken to this elsewhere -- I won't wast bandwidth repeating it here.
> 
> while i agree completely with your statements about respect being earned and
> assumed titles not being a guarantee of anything you have failed to address
> her intent.  the author is correct when she states that the sca does not
> look or act as it should given its declared purpose.  your assertion that
> someone must define their persona in order to be accepted is going to far.

I didn't claim that anyone must define their persona. Lady Katheryne spoke
of people getting their kit as authentic as they can "to the period they
protray". I said that this assumed everyone each focusses on a specific
period to protray. That is well known to be untrue as a general statement.

> if a person claims to have a persona and that persona is a mongol and they
> show up in a proper english shirt they are certainly adhering to the rules
> of the organization.  how our enforcement of the rules when it comes to
> participation on the lists leans toward examination of the accuracy of ones
> persona and accouterments is beyond me.  or did i misunderstand your
> statement?

Yep. I'd say you mistook my meaning there.

yours,
Herveus
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