[SCA-BMDL] Salve Accolens! A Motto for the Debatable Lands

[Shawn MacIntyre]

While the idea of a "Motto" for the Barony may be a great idea, I have an
issue with this not being brought up for public discussion and chosen by
the few, Who had input in the process? I have attended all the business
meetings because they are held at my church. I think a better idea would be
to get input from all the members of the barony, perhaps have a contest to
choose a motto rather than singularly making a decision on behalf of the
populace. While there is a "Game Side" and a" Business Side" to the SCA, a
motto is something that the populace as a whole should decide. While you
point out that the motto is about Love and Acceptance, it lacks the input
of the many, which is the opposite of acceptance. The Hael and Thescorre's
motto have meaning to the populace because they represent something special
that the populace can get behind. Picking a motto is more like making a
campaign saying, while your backers may get behind it, without a reason to
stand by it, it is a saying, not a motto.

Maighstir Liam
7th Baron of the Barony Marche of the Debatable Lands (Retired)

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 4:35 PM Stórfréttir Updates <
admin at debatablelands.org> wrote:

> There is new Baronial News at the Stórfréttir!
>
> Salve Accolens! A Motto for the Debatable Lands
> Posted by: Hilderun Hugelman
>
> Note to those reading from the email list, click on the link below to see
> a formatted version with live links at the blog website. On this, the eve
> of our third Debatable Lands Equestrian Championship (details, and
> schedule), we'd like to introduce to you our new Baronial motto! SALVE
> ACCOLENS! What does it mean? HELLO NEIGHBORS! It is the week of World
> Kindness Day, embodied by the greatest modern champion of kindness and
> courtesy, especially toward oneself and their neighbors: Mr. Fred Rogers.
> The Debatable Lands is his home Barony, and we hope that all our people
> will strive toward these ideals: kindness, courtesy, generous and open
> hearts, mindfulness to feelings, and to be helping and loving and
> welcoming. All these, we feel, are encompassed by "Hello Neighbors" -
> "Salve Accolens". We hope to enact these these ideals in word and deed, and
> hope you all will join us. We are ALL each others' neighbors. SALVE
> ACCOLENS! Please use this new Baronial motto with gusto and verity. (Also,
> it's Latin, so you can say it the other way: ACCOLENS SALVE!) See you at
> Baronial Equestrian Champs tomorrow! In Levitate et Caritate, and
> Cheers,Baron Brandubh and Baroness Hilda "Listening is where love begins:
> listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors." -Fred Rogers
>
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Shawn MacIntyre
EMT/ FFII/ FI-I
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