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Re: Uncle Bill's Stage Stop and Cantina / an introduction.
Allow me to introduce myself as the original identifier of the HIKV syndrome that infects all who hang around long enough and what has become known as the Cantina.
A few years back before we had grown to near our present size, Uncle Bill was moderating this forum on another site. I found him amazingly soft spoken and tolerant, often using an unusual closing phrase to his posts. It went like this:
"What does this have to do with Kukuris? Everything!"
It was a relatively Zen place open to 1) people being allowed to be themselves totally and still be accepted, 2) or once learning the rules, being allowed to be creative and play in persona. It has since become traditional to play in persona much of the time ( as in my hothead Yosemite Sam style rants ) but in the event of someone's need the first rule is to give precedence to taking care of those who are hurting.
In any event I observed the forum was much like the Bar scene in the very first Star Wars movie. Others opined it was closer to Spider Robinson's Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, or the like. Inevitably it went from Star Wars Cantina to Uncle Bill's Stage Stop ( Reno having been involved with many historical events ) and Cantina!
So it is and was and shall be as long as it survives.
Come here to learn,
Stay to play,
and above always, maintain it as a fellowship ready to respond to a member's dark night of the soul.
And Uncle Bill won't object too hard if you buy a khuk or three now and then. Really!
UBI CARITAS ET AMOR, DEUS IBI EST
Allow me to introduce myself as the original identifier of the HIKV syndrome that infects all who hang around long enough and what has become known as the Cantina.
A few years back before we had grown to near our present size, Uncle Bill was moderating this forum on another site. I found him amazingly soft spoken and tolerant, often using an unusual closing phrase to his posts. It went like this:
"What does this have to do with Kukuris? Everything!"
It was a relatively Zen place open to 1) people being allowed to be themselves totally and still be accepted, 2) or once learning the rules, being allowed to be creative and play in persona. It has since become traditional to play in persona much of the time ( as in my hothead Yosemite Sam style rants ) but in the event of someone's need the first rule is to give precedence to taking care of those who are hurting.
In any event I observed the forum was much like the Bar scene in the very first Star Wars movie. Others opined it was closer to Spider Robinson's Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, or the like. Inevitably it went from Star Wars Cantina to Uncle Bill's Stage Stop ( Reno having been involved with many historical events ) and Cantina!
So it is and was and shall be as long as it survives.
Come here to learn,
Stay to play,
and above always, maintain it as a fellowship ready to respond to a member's dark night of the soul.
And Uncle Bill won't object too hard if you buy a khuk or three now and then. Really!
UBI CARITAS ET AMOR, DEUS IBI EST
