[MR] Egyptian Personas in the SCA

[Maymunah al Siqilliyah]

The problem with telling them they are wrong is that it doesn't work.  
If you what you want is a lot of cool, inspired people to play with, 
then insulting anyone who doesn't fit will not meet your goals.

The best thing is to make doing it right look like fun and making them 
want to follow you.  You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

On 6/4/2011 8:45 PM, Logan wrote:
> so how do you, with "courtesy", tell someone that their storm trooper outfit
> doesnt fit into the sca?  your charge is that there isnt a way to tell
> someone they are doing something wrong.  i disagree.  the whole "lets be
> nice and never say no to anyone and lets create awards and peerages and
> tokens for everyone" is, in my opinion, the worst problem the sca has.
>
> so, i have to ask, if someone showed up in said storm trooper gig why would
> you be unable to politely tell them that it didnt belong?
>
> logan
>
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> hell."
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> [mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Gina
> Shelley
> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 8:18 PM
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> Subject: Re: [MR] Egyptian Personas in the SCA
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>
> I would submit that there is no polite way to do that. And since the rule
> that OUGHT to trump any other rule is that of showing as much courtesy as we
> can manage, we have a bit of a conflict, it would seem.
>
> Although the "pharoah hat", admittedly, would possibly fall under the new
> coronet foolishness of late...
>
> Dulcy
>
>
>    
>>
>> If someone interested in recreating a fatimid persona wants to visit
>>      
> Western Europe with his/her arts to display, I will welcome them with polite
> interest.  If you walk around in a pleated cotton kilt and a pharoah hat, I
> will politely call you on it.
>
>
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