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Re: SCAdians (was: some train thing)
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Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:54:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Frank Filz writes:
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> > Actually, the [SCA] politics destroyed it for me. I was involved in college
> > and after a fairly fun year, a grad student came in and brought the politics
> > of his hometown group.
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> I agree with you--one bad apple. The absolute limit of my tolerance
> anymore is four days at Pennsic; beyond that, I can't be bothered with the
> in-fighting, pettiness, and back-stabbing rampant in the SCA.
> It cracks me up that the SCA is by nature a haven for perceived nerds and
> geeks (not making a judgment; just a point), and those nerds and geeks form
> the same social stratifications that they nominally reject.
I come from a more laid-back area; up here in Avacal our political
infighting is pretty minimal, and it rarely spills over past the people
involved, so I don't see it (much) - but that's the advantage of living in
the hinterlands.
Less people, less politics.
And besides, I'm only in it for the head-bashing and the food. :D
James
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| James Brown wrote in message ... (...) people (...) living in (...) Same here in Lions Gate - there is politics, of course (get more than 2 people together in any kind of organisation and there will be politics!) but it's ignorable if you're not (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I agree with you--one bad apple. The absolute limit of my tolerance anymore is four days at Pennsic; beyond that, I can't be bothered with the in-fighting, pettiness, and back-stabbing rampant in the SCA. It cracks me up that the SCA is by (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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