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SCA: badly-behaving peers
A question has come up among some SCA folks, and I'm interested in hearing a broader perspective. Particularly because I've been a peer for a while and have become less active in recent years, it's possible I'm a bit out of touch.
Non-peers: to what extent do you look up to peers (define "look up" however you like)? Are you negatively affected (again, define how you like) if a peer does something bad?
Peers and non-peers: if a peer does something bad, is that significantly worse to you than if a non-peer did it? To what extent does the behavior of an individual peer reflect on his order or on the peerage in general? Does the answer vary based on what the peer did?
I'll post my own thoughts later; I want to hear others' first.
Clarification: "bad" = "behaves badly", not "produces substandard work". Sorry I didn't make that more clear.
Non-peers: to what extent do you look up to peers (define "look up" however you like)? Are you negatively affected (again, define how you like) if a peer does something bad?
Peers and non-peers: if a peer does something bad, is that significantly worse to you than if a non-peer did it? To what extent does the behavior of an individual peer reflect on his order or on the peerage in general? Does the answer vary based on what the peer did?
I'll post my own thoughts later; I want to hear others' first.
Clarification: "bad" = "behaves badly", not "produces substandard work". Sorry I didn't make that more clear.
Non-peer here.
If you're talking about quality of workmanship on a project, and the work is outside someone's peerage, then I think it might strike me slightly more than if someone who wasn't a peer had done the work, but not too much. If it's in someone's area of expertise and it's done poorly, then I might notice if I knew anything about the topic, and it might affect my impression of that kingdom's peerage requirements.
On the other hand, if you're talking about an interpersonal interaction, I do think it behooves peers to behave decently toward one another and other people in the SCA. I don't think I have different standards for peers than everyone else, but I DO notice people with awards more than those without awards. Tin hats are a dead giveaway, and I would be shocked and outraged to see someone with a major award (tin hat, white belt, etc.) who's publicly behaving poorly toward another person.
I'm not sure that's the question you're asking, but that's the question I'm answering. :)
Re: Non-peer here.