[MR] for "Feastocrats" and other interested folk...

[Becky McEllistrem]

> 
> Well said!  Sometimes we get way too focused on the
> superficial.  I take bigger offense at those who
> whine
> to people they've never met that might or might not
> be
> new. <grin>
> 
> Rebecca
> --- The Sheltons <sheltons at sysmatrix.net> wrote:
> 
> > My lady,
> > 
> > There is no reason for you to apologize. I am a
> > nitpicky cooking Laurel
> > and I didn't take offense at your posting.  We are
> > trying to encourage
> > more periodic names for SCA positions, but I've
> > never been insulted by
> > being called a "feastocrat."
> > 
> > Personally, I am grateful for your posting. When I
> > first read it, my initial
> > reaction was to make a note to look for this
> > article, because it references
> > "A Soup for the Qan," which is ungodly expensive
> and
> > hard to find. It
> > wasn't "Omigod, what a stupid twit, she called us
> > 'feastocrats' instead of
> > 'head cooks!'"
> > 
> > Don't let the negative responses of a minority
> > dampen your enthusiasm
> > for sharing information.  Some of my research
> ideas
> > have come from
> > clues like yours. If I can be of any assistance to
> > you, please let me know.
> > 
> > John le Burguillun
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Leslie Cox" <perndragon at dockpoint.net>
> > To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 9:17 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MR] for "Feastocrats" and other
> > interested folk...
> > 
> > 
> > Based on a private response I have received, it
> > appears that I inadvertently
> > gave offense to at least one person by use of the
> > term "feastocrat."  My
> > apologies to anyone similarly offended - again,
> not
> > being someone
> > well-versed in cooking for events or researching
> > such things, I used the
> > term I knew that might draw those interested and
> > that I had in mind late at
> > night when I had a minute to spare for the
> keyboard.
> > 
> >  It was and is my hope that the message itself is
> of
> > more interest than the
> > only term I had on hand to refer to those who
> might
> > find the article
> > interesting.  I don't post much to any lists, and
> I
> > must say that being
> > dinged for terminology does rather dampen one's
> > enthusiasm and the wish to
> > share.
> > 
> >  With regret at any perceived slights that were
> most
> > certainly unintended -
> >  Lady Lucy Rose Falconer
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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