[SCA-BMDL] Bad publicity (not)

[Ruth Morrisson]

Greetings from Myfanwy!
I agree with Arianna.  The kid sounds like, well, a kid, with the 
somewhat gushing enthusiasm of a teenager, and everyone else sounded ok.
If you want an example of *bad* publicity, go look at that old show 
"Unsolved Mysteries", and the episode about some guy in the West 
Kingdom who got involved, IIRC, with a Wiccan group after joining the 
SCA (his body was found at the bottom of a cliff, and his father was 
convinced it wasn't an accident).
The story was just this side of actionable.  They never out and out 
accused either the SCA or the Wiccan group, but they *implied* a hell 
of a lot -- a prime example of prurient tabloid journalism.
On Saturday, January 13, 2007, at 12:44  PM, Karen Kasper wrote:

> I disagree.  The SCA is much better known these days than it used to 
> be (when I tell mundanes I'm involved, there is a light of recognition 
> now that was not there 20 years ago).  None of the people quoted said 
> anything outrageous, and several pointed out the educational benefits 
> of the SCA. 
>  
> We've had a whole lot worse than this, and few better.
>  
> Arianna
>
> Cara and Char <caram at imap.pitt.edu> wrote:
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070113/ap_on_re_us/medieval_re_enactors
>
> In my opinion, this is bad publicity. Even if you agree with the 
> SCAdians
> who are quoted, most of them come across as looney (except Viscount Sir
> Edward and the Simmons College student, who both managed to get some 
> decent
> quotes in).
>
> --Byron
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> Karen Kasper
>
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Lady Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon
Ruth Morrisson
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