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In article <kfNyQzG00WB9RaV7kh@andrew.cmu.edu> David Schroeder <ds4p+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>> Libertarianism - Just ask Tadgh or Cariadoc about where Cariadoc was
>> when he was taken away to be crowned 1st King of the Midrealm.
>
>see Libertarian thinking influencing the mindset of the Midrealm, out
>of curiousity?
>

Most SCA folk that I have met, seem to either be socially pretty liberal
or "get government off our backs libertarians" or both. I believe that
social liberalism and libertarianism tend to color SCA thinking. 
Since SCA folk tend to be extremely tolerant of social wierdness and
philosophically opposed to any sort of "government" inferference in
their lives. 
	Look at the common SCA gripes about "creeping bureaucracy" (and
the way that most people cheerfully ignore most of the bureaucracy that
has been set up), "the BoD" (the BoD is made up of experienced SCA-folk
who are really trying to do good things for the SCA, but people remain
suspicious and skeptical of them.) and "authenticity police" (unsanction
ed officials who try to enforce unreasonable standards of authenticity
on people who don't want them.)
	

Influence of D&D on the SCA?

Many people "learned" and still "learn" most of what they "know" about
mediaval life and artifacts, from role-playing games. I was exposed to
D&D in high-school before I was exposed to medieval history. It influenced
my view of medieval history for a long time and also introduced me to a
lot of concepts and words I'd never heard before .

>> Comic Books
>
>  Do you mean references to knights and such in comics, like
>  The Shining Knight, The Black Knight, and the guy in the 
>  Avengers for awhile, or just the whole fantasy notion of
>  knights as "superheroes" ?
>
 
Uh, I dunno. I just know that a lot of SCA types tend to collect them.
They don't really grab me. I guess that some SCA people get hooked on
the concept of being a hero, and the idea of a super-powered person who
is able to transcend personal and social barriers to solve a problem in
a definative, relatively painless way. I think that it's a sort of wish
fulfillment. I have seen the concept of "being a person who might have
lived in the Middle Ages, but didn't" come into conflict with the idea
of "I can be a hero in the SCA!". 

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