[MR] Egyptian Personas in the SCA

[William de Faleston]

But the problem is that we have to draw the line somewhere, and in those cases, someone has to say something. I don't want a stormtroopers at an event, no matter how cool, inspired or well-researched his blaster is. 

The real question is where we draw the line. Stormtroopers are obvious. Elf ears are pretty clear cut too. After that, it gets q bit more blurry. 

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On Jun 4, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Maymunah al Siqilliyah <alsiqilliyah at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>> -----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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