[MR] People banned from SCA events

[JR]

No worries, I understand. I may of come of as harsh myself in my 
explanation. Some times I am not clear, and other times I over 
compensate when I am trying to clarify something I said. Please do not 
take it personal, as it is a problem I have left over from having to 
deal with my bipolar stepfather.
-- YIS, Jarvis Riley, JR's 3 C's: Courtesy, Chivalry, and Cheesecake



On 6/30/2011 1:57 PM, Josh Wells wrote:
> I apologize.  I read this email chain as diagnosing the gentleman in
> question as having Asbergers when we really have no idea.  I was not
> attempting to belittle your previous experience and spoke a bit
> harshly in my frustration with this whole ordeal.
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:52 PM, JR<novothule at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> I have to disagree with you. This is not pure fantasy. No one here is trying
>> to diagnose him with anything. I gave my experience with someone that people
>> also did not want in the SCA. How is it fantasy to share how our perception
>> of this guy changed after we understood him better? I only said that I have
>> worked with people who's Doctor has diagnosed them as having Aspergers, and
>> they were sent to a Psychologist that specializes in Aspergers Syndrome to
>> confirm it. In my experience working along side these people, each and
>> everyone of them made me feel uncomfortable when I first met them, but after
>> I learned how to better communicate with them I now call them friends. To
>> sum up what I am saying, I am suggesting to give the guy a second chance and
>> get to know the him better before you ban him.
>> JR's 3 C's: Courtesy, Chivalry, and Cheesecake
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/30/2011 10:11 AM, Josh Wells wrote:
>>> I would like to point out that noone here has spent enough time with
>>> him to diagnose him with anything; that is a job for his doctor.  This
>>> entire conversation is pure fantasy.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Grainne ingen Lugdach
>>> <grainneinatlantia at yahoo.com>    wrote:
>>>> FWIW, I think it might have been helpful for the person in question to
>>>> tell at least one or two people about any challenges he might have. That's a
>>>> really tough thing to do, though, given the stereotypes and assumptions that
>>>> society at large has about "those" types of challenges.
>>>
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