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Mary Temple noxcat at hotmail.com
Tue May 26 15:00:14 PDT 1998


While I have been opinionated in the past (both intentionally and 
unintentionally) these are not MY opinions. They have been attributed to 
me in error. If you are truly interested in discussing MY opinions, feel 
free to email me privately so as to not take up bandwidth.

Catriona Rowley
mka Mary Temple

>At 06:34 PM 5/22/98 EDT, you wrote:
>>
>>On Thu, 21 May 1998 13:00:30 PDT "Mary Temple" <noxcat at hotmail.com>
>>writes:
>>>
>
>>While it is true that a new person may get a bad impression, a woman
>>would want to know if a man was potentially dangerous, at least I 
would,
>>and I would be open-minded enough not to think that a whole 
organization
>>would be like that.  All we can hope for is that most people are
>>open-minded, and try to keep women and children safe.  What kind of
>>impression
>>would a person get if they were not warned and found
>>out the hard way
>
>If you're specifically addressing a case from years past, I confess
>I have no firsthand knowledge and will not participate in discussion.
>However, the above paragraph appears to me as a general guideline,
>thus:
>
>I cannot think of a worse form of vigilantism short of an actual 
>lynch mob.  There is no reason why a woman new to the SCA should
>need to be warned that "a man was potentially dangerous".  The 
>mundane authorities have the means of removing dangerous people
>from our midst, and the SCA even has its own (legally enforcable)
>banishment processes.
>
>This "warn the newbies" attitude accomplishes two things: a) As
>Modius said, it makes potential newcomers wary of the organization
>and b) it guarantees alienation of someone who may or may not
>deserve it, oftentimes on the basis of a rumor or accusation.  
>Claiming to act in defense of women and children hardly mitigates
>the irresponsibility of ruining another's happiness without due
>process of facts.  
>
>Valentyn Drake
>Cadet to Don Miguel
>
>
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