[MR] definition of SCA

[Becky McEllistrem]

I totally missed that one.  Thank you.

Rebecca


--- Logan <logan at ebonwoulfe.com> wrote:

> i was actually agreeing with your statement rebecca
> and just pointing out
> that anyone that thinks that way is, well, bonkers. 
> being ultra focused on
> any one aspect of the sca robs the person of the
> experience but it also robs
> them of the ability to best develop their interest. 
> so many different
> venues in the sca are intertwined and related to so
> many others that none
> can exist alone.
> 
> regards
> logan
> 
>  
> http://fighterpractice.com
> http://ebonwoulfe.com/
> http://atheistdelusion.cf.huffingtonpost.com/
>  
> support the removal of stupidity:
> http://ebonwoulfe.com/elbow.htm
>  
>  
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org
> [mailto:atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf
> Of Becky McEllistrem
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 7:17 AM
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [MR] definition of SCA
> 
> >From our own organizational web site:
> 
> http://www.sca.org/sca-intro.html
> 
> The SCA is the Society for Creative Anachronism,
> which
> is a group dedicated to researching and recreating
> the
> Middle Ages in the present. Many groups meet weekly,
> and at these meetings we dance, talk, study, learn,
> revel, and make plans. 
> =============================
> 
> 
> If SCA is only a sport then why do we have A&S? Why
> do
> we have other forms of recognition for things other
> than fighting?  
> 
> The SCA is much more than just a sport.  In many
> cases
> the sport is the most visible aspect of the SCA
> activities (and is often the center of attention)
> but
> it is not the only purpose of the SCA.  It is the
> Society for Creative Anachronism which defines
> itself
> as an educational society.  These terms would not be
> used for something that is only a sport.
> 
> There are those who have no interest in SCA other
> than
> its sport and that's a limitation of their interest.
> 
> I think this is sad because those who limit
> themselves
> to the sport-only type activities are those that
> also
> complain about how bored they get.  
> 
> SCA is much more than a sport and if one limits
> themselve to the sport-only part of SCA I think they
> are restricting themselves from a wonderful world of
> possibilities that SCA could be for them.
> 
> Rebecca
> 
> 
> --- Logan <logan at ebonwoulfe.com> wrote:
> 
> > what are you talking about?  who has ever called
> the
> > purpose or the reason
> > or the life of the sca is more than  a sport?  i
> > know its a rhetorical
> > question but someone has to at least ask it.
> > 
> > logan
> > 
> >  
> > http://fighterpractice.com
> > http://ebonwoulfe.com/
> > http://atheistdelusion.cf.huffingtonpost.com/
> >  
> > support the removal of stupidity:
> > http://ebonwoulfe.com/elbow.htm
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org
> > [mailto:atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of Becky McEllistrem
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:33 PM
> > To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> > Subject: Re: [MR] A&S Sponsors for non-A&S people
> > 
> > Having recently been reminded that I've played
> > almost
> > 20 years now (thanks bunches <grin>) I remember
> long
> > ago many knights telling me that knights were
> > required
> > to have some sort of A&S interest.   So while the
> > idea
> > is interesting I don't think it's new.  
> > 
> > I don't think I've heard the discussion for a long
> > time.  At one point I lived in 3 different
> kingdoms
> > 3
> > different years thanks to contract jobs.  It was
> > interesting to see the variety of opinions on the
> > subject from kingdom to kingdom and year to year.
> > 
> > Should it still be a standard?  I don't know.  I'm
> > not
> > sure what problem the requirement was supposed to
> > solve or what it was supposed to encourage.  When
> > it's
> > several knights who say the loudest that "the SCA
> is
> > a
> > sport" then clearly that requirement may help open
> > minds to the idea that the SCA is more than a
> sport.
> > 
> > However I think such activities as requirements
> are
> > discouraging more than encouraging.  I think you
> can
> > open minds to the SCA being more than a sport by
> > introducing possibilities than by forcing
> something
> > on
> > a person that's really not interested.  It's very
> > clear in the quality of a person's work when
> they're
> > really not interested.
> > 
> > Often times these people that insist "the SCA is a
> > sport" start developing interest in other forms of
> > recognition and at that point realize that the SCA
> > is
> > more than a sport.  They realize they're going to
> > have
> > to do more than their sport if they're going to
> > achieve these other forms of recognition and the
> > problem resolves itself.
> > 
> > 
> > Rebecca
> > --- Tricia Donadio <padrgroups at charter.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > Interesting idea.  I wonder if the fighters are
> > > interesting in sponsoring
> > > non-fighters to learn about arts martial?
> > > 
> > > Padraigin
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org
> > > [mailto:atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of Martelle von
> > > Charlottenburg
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 6:17 PM
> > > To: Merry Rose
> > > Subject: [MR] A&S Sponsors for non-A&S people
> > > 
> > > Greetings all,
> > > 
> > > I've been reading the posts recently and found
> an
> > > interesting tidbit about
> > > the 
> > > The Seargents of St. Aidan having an A&S display
> > and
> > > it got me to
> > > thinking.There was a time in Atlantia, when a
> > person
> > > was being considered
> > > for the chivalry,  one of things that asked
> about
> > > them was "Do they
> 
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