Yes. All of those. Let's say I have mixed feelings.

My personal views were formed back when this ethic was so universal, it wasn't even articulated. On the other hand, I recognize that the barony has changed since then, has grown so big that not everyone *could* work at any one event, even if they wanted to, and so it's not completely unreasonable to recognize some distinction between those who are doing a lot of work and those who aren't doing any. But then it can get sticky drawing a hard and exact line at which amount of work is worth the cost of admission. Speaking for myself, I would always pay; speaking for the barony, it is the autocrat's decision - ultimately they can do what they want, that's why we call them autocrats.