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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, it's been good to hear from some people
with... perspective. I guess I'm spoiled by the fantastically
well-mannered SCAdians I hang out with.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rufinasca@gmail.com href="mailto:rufinasca@gmail.com">L.J.
Rodriguez</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caram@imap.pitt.edu
href="mailto:caram@imap.pitt.edu">Cara and Char</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=sca-bmdl@lists.andrew.cmu.edu
href="mailto:sca-bmdl@lists.andrew.cmu.edu">sca-bmdl@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 15, 2007 11:04
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SCA-BMDL] Bad
publicity</DIV>
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<DIV>shoot! that ain't bad publicity! BAD publicity is when the loonies in
your group show up in a local city park and decide to juggle fire
while wearing only fur and get their pictures in the paper!</DIV>
<DIV><BR>i didn't think they sounded like looneies. not at all. in fact this
is one of the better representations of the sca that i've
seen. </DIV>
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<DIV>rufina<BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 1/13/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Cara and
Char</B> <<A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:caram@imap.pitt.edu " target=_blank>caram@imap.pitt.edu </A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070113/ap_on_re_us/medieval_re_enactors "
target=_blank>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070113/ap_on_re_us/medieval_re_enactors
</A><BR><BR>In my opinion, this is bad publicity. Even if you
agree with the SCAdians<BR>who are quoted, most of them come across as
looney (except Viscount Sir <BR>Edward and the Simmons College student, who
both managed to get some decent <BR>quotes
in).<BR><BR>--Byron<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Sca-bmdl
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