[MR] Newcomers, coronets, and other foolishness...

[Susan Arthur]

Well said.

Lucia

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Gina Shelley <paintedwheel at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> Well, you know how it is...all animals are equal, but some animals are more
> equal than others...
>
> Hmmm.....
>
> Making it easier for newcomers to identify royalty? Really?
>
> How about this as a radical idea: newcomers don't need to be fretting and
> worrying about royalty. We don't need to worry about them "offending"
> royalty. We need to worry about them having a good time and wanting to come
> back. If they are intimidated out of showing up and having a good time
> because they are that afraid of "not recognizing" royalty, then we are doing
> something profoundly wrong. If they are newcomers, then recognizing the
> difference in one hat from another is not something they should fret about.
> It's not something we should make a big deal of teaching them right off the
> boat, either, because it gives the mistaken impression to them that it's the
> end-all-be-all most important thing they need to know before they go even
> one step further.
>
> And that IS a mistaken impression.
>
> Should they learn proper SCA protocol? Certainly. When it becomes relevant
> to them, yes. As novices, though, it's not all that relevant beyond a
> cursory and abbreviated guideline to what a coronet signifies.
>
> I'm less offended at the proposed rule change than I am at this particular
> excuse being given for it.
>
> Dulcy
>
>
> >
> > The SCA at its best, as I understand it, functions very well without an
> > institutionalized "pecking order." The order of precedence should not
> become
> > such. Many of us grew up being the last people picked for childhood
> games. Why
> > would we want to create another, similar situation—probably for those of
> us less
> > "spiffy" than others, many of whom may also be newcomers—in something
> we're all
> > supposed to enjoy?
> >
> >
>
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