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vader@meryl.csd.uu.se ("]ke Eldberg") writes:
] Greetings from William de Corbie!
]
] Buri Dogshin (Dennis O'Connor) wrote, apropos my efforts to
] do something about the fantasy aspects of the SCA "system":
]
] Thus, I think that your observation rests on reality; sociologists
] have found, whether they have investigated a whole country or any
] subset thereof, that there are 10% who are, in various ways, the
] active and leading ones. The other 90% prefer to have things remain
] "as always". They will grudgingly accept changes when such happen
] -- and then the new situation will become their "as always", which
] they absolutely don't want to change...

Is this just Rand-style elitism or blindly optimisitic change-is-always-good ?
I refuse to accept that those who resist a change (as opposeed to all change)
are automaticaly part of some lesser "unwashed mass" that don't contribute to
society or the Society. 

Care to name, BTW, which of the people on the net, or of your
own group, are the "90%" who don't contribute ? Or when you
say that only 10% are active, does that imply the other 90%
contribute via some form of inactivity ?

] Majorities don't matter here; intellect and open minds do. The people
] who make this Society live and thrive are those who have ideas about
] its future, those who want to make something out of what they see.

Baloney. The Society exists for the majority of the Society, not
for some set of self-elected "intellectuals" who think they are 
the "active and leading 10%". If the intellectuals want something
different, fine : organize your own elite little bunch, play
by your own rules among yourselves, and play by the rules the majority
of the SCA wants when you play at SCA functions.

] This is why I am convinced that my efforts are not in vain. I will
] contribute to a better future SCA, even if I have to drag those 90%
] with me by the ears!

Aren't you special : you know what's right for everyone else
and are going to impose them on them even is you have to
"drag people by the ears".  BY WHAT RIGHT ?



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Dennis O'Connor			doconnor@sedona.intel.com