Re: awarding awards

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From: Phil Anderson
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 10:03

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Hal writes, re surprise awards:

  > her on the spot.  It looked a bit dicey there for a minute, but that's
  > a tough place to say no....

Which is precisely the problem I have with surprise awards. 

I have a local "award" which I neither fit the criteria for nor 
deserve (two different things). However being caught by surprise 
doesn't exactly give one a chance to think about the matter. Further, 
refusing on the spot or handing it back later is not exactly conducive 
to widespread good feelings.

Real-world knighthoods and such are not, in general, done by surprise, 
for very good reasons.

Edward the Discalceate
Southron Gaard, Caid

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