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jtn@nutter.cs.vt.edu (Terry Nutter) writes:
] There should be room for all of us, [...] whether we find that in the
] most narrow recreative environments or in the widest, most 
] "modern-costume-party" ones. 

It irks me a little to constantly see the "costume-party" phrase,
whith the negative connotation it carries in these discussions,
in such wide use by the proponents of "narrow-focus" events.

Now, if I dress up in garb and go to an event where we discuss
modern politics, computers, baseball and cars; and we eat
Cheese Wiz on Nabiscos and drink Coke-Cola : yes, that's
a "costume party".

However, if I put on garb and go to an event where we discuss
making armour, sword fighting, medeaval history, SCA history,
weaving, brewing, court dance and the like, and we eat various
medieval-style food and drink, I don't think of that as a "costume party",
I think of it as an SCA event.

People trying to be inflamatory can feel free to disregard this.
There's a parrallel in the abortion controversy : the pro-choice
factions sometimes call the other side "anti-choice", and the
pro-life factions sometimes call the other side "pro-abortion".

The polite thing to do is, where honor and honesty allows, call
people what they prefer to be called.

I still don't understand why people need SCA sanction to hold their
events with "narrow recreative environments".
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Dennis O'Connor			doconnor@sedona.intel.com