5 foot rule and female "soldiers"???

[bulletsponge]

Don't throw that 'public funding', politically correct crapola in my face either. I have organized events at NPS sites and raised money as well at the effort. At the same time, obvious women were not allowed in the ranks at this effort. Could someone have called their lawyer. I am sure they could have. Then my volunteer efforts and money raised stops so some women with a personal agenda can make her point. Does that sound like a good trade-off? Does your lawyer follow you around looking for people to sue when you are offended as well. A women can come to a public site and portray history as a women of the 19th century. If she can pull off fooling everyone by appearing like a man then more power to her. And as far as puchasing public facilities, I could argue that only 52% of Americans pay income taxes and that not EVERYONE actually paid for it (but that would be another discussion/issue).
Next thing you know we will have Title IX for friggin reenacting!

Jim Butler

If you accept public funding, you have to abide by the "crapola" rules that come with it. Too bad for you.

[Huck Finn]

Bernard,
We might not be obvious in our honoring but it is there, and to say its just a hobby I believe takes a little bit away from all of us..

In the past three years I have served with women in the company. In each case it took two days of observation to even hazard a guess. They were three different women, doing it up right. In one case I did feel a mild attraction.

There are many who do not share the "honoring" thing. We have a host of reasons that just do not happen to be similar to yours. Why does the "why" matter? Really?

Good try Doc. Good try.

[Jim of the SRR]

If you accept public funding, you have to abide by the "crapola" rules that come with it. Too bad for you.

But, I don't! So, it isn't too bad for me. So, call a lawyer.

Jim Butler

[Memphis]

Jim,

This charade is not about history. This is a cram it down your throat agenda.

Expect an infestation at your next Shiloh living history, because it is on federal land. Some of the fine men who have fallen in with you at times are making the long and expensive trek to Antietam next weekend for a living history at the Dunker Church after a year of research, preparation, and purchases, so they may full well be forced to manage their expectations as their hard work for history is suddenly diluted, polluted, and turned into a farce. Even a dullard can imagine a number of highly creative ways to send a distinctly unpleasant message to such an invader, and they would be well within their rights to do so. Connect the dots.

More and more top end events will go underground, and "invitation only" will once again become a far more literal interpretation rather than "just ask." What a shame.

[Pvt Schnapps]

Jim,

This charade is not about history. This is a cram it down your throat agenda.

Expect an infestation at your next Shiloh living history, because it is on federal land. Some of the fine men who have fallen in with you at times are making the long and expensive trek to Antietam next weekend for a living history at the Dunker Church after a year of research, preparation, and purchases, so they may full well be forced to manage their expectations as their hard work for history is suddenly diluted, polluted, and turned into a farce. Even a dullard can imagine a number of highly creative ways to send a distinctly unpleasant message to such an invader, and they would be well within their rights to do so. Connect the dots.

More and more top end events will go underground, and "invitation only" will once again become a far more literal interpretation rather than "just ask." What a shame.

I'm sure all the really really good events are already secret. At least, I've never known any discussed on the OTB that didn't have some element of farce about them.

[Jim of the SRR]

Jim,

This charade is not about history. This is a cram it down your throat agenda.

Expect an infestation at your next Shiloh living history, because it is on federal land. Some of the fine men who have fallen in with you at times are making the long and expensive trek to Antietam next weekend for a living history at the Dunker Church after a year of research, preparation, and purchases, so they may full well be forced to manage their expectations as their hard work for history is suddenly diluted, polluted, and turned into a farce. Even a dullard can imagine a number of highly creative ways to send a distinctly unpleasant message to such an invader, and they would be well within their rights to do so. Connect the dots.

More and more top end events will go underground, and "invitation only" will once again become a far more literal interpretation rather than "just ask." What a shame.

Actually, if you are not part of the host unit for an event (even at NPS site), I have seen the NPS ask people to leave. So, I am not so certain you can just show-up and say I am a taxpayer and I demand to take part.

Jim Butler

[tompritchett]

I think that this subject has been beat to death from several different points of view now and all that is happening now is that the different sides are just getting their blood pressure up at each other. Because of this, and the unwieldly length of the thread, I am now closing it.