Re: U.B.A.G

[David KUIJT <kuijt@umiacs.UMD.EDU>]

Poster: David KUIJT <kuijt@umiacs.UMD.EDU>



Leifr wrote:

> I think I'll have to back Alfredo on this.  Earl Dafydd, as King, 
> effectivily outlawed the guild down in Tidewater.  And His Excellency 
> seems to be in favor of outlawing UBAG.  That seems to be outlawing a 
> group of people, not an activity.

Excuse me?  Nothing of the sort.  For one thing, I am not under the
impression that you ever saw the letter I wrote to the principals
in Tidewater.  For another thing, you are equating the expression
of disapproval of the Monarch with Atlantian Law, and they are not
the same.  And still another thing, as it turns out I sent the letter
as David Kuijt, very carefully and EXPLICITLY not wearing my King
hat, which makes it even harder to maintain that any person was
outlawed.

And I am similarly confused as to how you could read that I was
advocating outlawing ANYONE in my recent posts, when all I have
ever said is that I consider the posts to be inappropriate for
this forum, and the activity of playing an assassination game
inappropriate for SCA events.


 
> As long as we reward the activities which enhance our game, we can suffer 
> the ones which divert it a little.  It is only when we fail to reward 
> positive activities that negative ones, such as UBAG's assassination 
> game, become debilitating to the Kingdom.

I disagree.  The farther a "game" is from the area of interest of the
SCA, the more damaging it is to the illusion we attempt to participate
in.  I would loudly object to anyone wanting to play a Klingon at an
SCA event.  And so for a Vampire.  And so for an Elf.  And so for a
Wizard.  I'm sure they are all fun games.  But they ain't the game
we're playing in the SCA.  Just because football is fun, doesn't mean
you should introduce tackles into tennis.

Dafydd
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