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From: v081lu33@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (TRISTAN CLAIR DE LUNE/KEN MONDSCHEIN)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Everything I Really Needed To Know, I learned in the SCA
Date: 12 Dec 1995 06:23:44 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
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The SCA may be the ultimate evolution of the western world's path
to enlightenment...
 
 
 
                   Treat everyone with respect
 
                   No one is beyond redemption
 
               Speak softly but carry a big stick
 
   Respect other people's things, be they physical objects or
                             beliefs
 
   People have natural aggression, which can be expressed in a
                       constructful manner
 
                      It is OK to have sex
 
     Play safely (especially in respect to the previous two)
 
People's insides don't always match their outsides-- someone can
   be beautiful and shallow, or ugly and have a heart of gold
 
                  Grown-ups need to play, too.
 
                           Be sincere
 
     It's not whether you win or lose, it's how hard you try
 
           All you really need are a few good friends
 
           Having 10,000 friends doesn't hurt, either
 
      Help and care about everyone, especially your friends
 
  Just because someone is weird or from somewhere else or does
  something differently from you doesn't mean it's bad or wrong
 
         Respect authority, but know when to question it
 
                  It's good to learn new things
 
 You're not really better than everyone else, even if you think
                             you are
                     Books are your friends
 
                    Don't drink too much mead
 
               Work is easier when everyone helps
 
              Make sure everything you say is true
 
  Storytelling is a beautiful and too-little-practiced art form
 
            There is life without TV and video games
 
   Funny clothing doesn't look weird if everyone's wearing it
 
             Tights can show off your butt real well
 
 
     --Tristan Clair de Lune, almost a Real Boy and on hsi way
towards being a mensch.



        Thought of one more: Life can be an epic saga if you make it that
way.

                --T.