Mistaken Impressions

[Deborah Sweet]

Gunnora wrote:

>My problem with seeing the same ol' people over and over again, and why 
>I hate the practice so much, is that even though I personally like the 
>people, when you have the same ones, you don't get new blood.  Which 
>means that you don't get new managements styles, you don't get a chance 
>at really new ways to look at things or do things... a repeat Crown 
>certainly may have new ideas, but their "style" remains the same, they 
>are the same people, and it limits how different their approaches to 
>things can be.  Plus, it's boring. Even if you get a really bad Crown 
>(and every Crown that has ever sat has had someone in the kingdom who 
>didn't like them, human nature being what it is) at least you have 
>something new to complain about for six months.

>I reiterate:  I have no problems with individuals who happen to be  
>Repeating Royalty, it's the custom of doing it over and over and over 
>and over that I find boring and stagnating.  It's like too heavy a 
>rotation of a pop song on the radio!  Variety! (Plus, you must be even 
>more masochistic than I am to *want* to be on the Throne more than 
>once, even, but that's another story!)

Generally I won't post an "I Agree" message, but with this I just had 
to. Gunnora, we definitely think alike on this issue. I find it 
comforting to know there are other people out there who also enjoy 
seeing new blood on the throne. Thanks for putting it into words.

Estrill