[MR] special versus medieval

[Becky McEllistrem]

This is a general comment for all so I post it here.

The SCA is an organization which strives to be medieval.  It was never intended to be an organization which strives to make the individual feel special.

There are special things that happen in SCA like meeting some of the best friends I've ever had and incredibly gorgeous works of art along with events that draw by the thousands.  

But there are also special things that happen in real life - a birth, a marriage, winning competitions, the growth of a business and lots of other kinds of events that draw the thousands.

The scope of the SCA was always to be a society of courtesy that studied the middle ages.  It was never to make any one person or group of people to feel more special than the rest.

Thus if you focus serious importance on your need to be special and expect SCA to solve this need for you then you're playing for all the wrong reasons and will always be disappointed.

You will always be disappointed because what one Crown can change a future Crown can change back.

You can spend hours and hours and hundreds of dollars trying to control the future but what you find out in the long run is that controlling the future is just not possible.

If you want SCA to fulfill your need to be special I recommend a serious look at yourself and your focus.  Any changes made will never be enough for long enough.



Rebecca the Contrary
whose friends always made her feel special! <grin>