principalities

[Deborah Sweet]

Gunhilda wrote:

>I believe that the primary appeal (as well as the primary opposition) 
>to the principality idea is one of "identity".  From my
>perspective here in the far north, there already seems to be a sense
>of identity associated with the different regions of the kingdom.  I
>don't want to delve into any political schisms that may fueling this,
>but the comment someone made earlier to the effect of "it would be OK
>to let Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle go" is just one example of the
>individual regional identities which are already a reality of our kingdom 
>whether we like it or not.  

It's also obvious that the different regional identities are seen and 
observed as a reality by people from *outside* our kingdom. Within the 
past year at an after-meeting gathering at Mazzio's, we heard tell of a 
conversation between an Atlantian and an Outlander. Paraphrasing the 
story: the Atlantian said that she had had an enjoyable time with some 
friendly Ansteorrans. The Outlander expressed extreme disbelief. The 
Atlantian said again that it was really true and then the Outlander 
said,"Oh, you must mean *Northern* Ansteorrans!" (At which point the 
listeners erupted in loud cheering.)

Of course while there are probably stories about how much "whatever" 
other regions are compared to the rest of the kingdom, this story was 
just for educational purposes and to provide an example.


Estrill