ANST - Reply to Pompous Asses

[D Whitford]

MofLGM at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Thank you Gunthar for your words of support.
> 
> At this time I don't feel that much would be gained by having you call the
> offending party on the carpet.   I wish that it had been done at the time.
> Several people of rank approached him later that evening to see if they could
> entreat him to apologize, not neccesarily for what he said, but for the way he
> said it.  Their efforts were rejected.  Shortly after the incient I appealed
> to the Crown on behalf of the lady, but  I was told that it was not in their
> power to apologize for this Knight nor could they compel him to apologize.  At
> that point the Dream became a little tarnished for me and in some facets has
> remained so to this day.
> 
> In the five years that have passed since the incident I have watched this
> person be honored by others for his efforts.  I have had to converse with him
> from time to time due to either his or my being officers of either local
> groups or the region.  This has not been easy, but I learned long ago that
> grudges only hurt the person who holds them.  The person to whom the grudge is
> directed is usually oblivious to it.   So why waste my energy in keeping my
> bile boiling?  Instead I have promised myself that I will never make the same
> mistake and I will counsel others to beware of taking any of this too
> seriously.
> 
> My only lasting regret from this sorry mess is that I could not have
> intervened while the incident was in progress.  I don't know if I could have
> changed the outcome.  But if I could have, then whenever I fight in a
> tournament and the heralds ask us "to salute the person whose favor you bear"
> then my wife would be there to see with her own eyes what I have to relate to
> her in words when I get home from the event.
> 
> Again my thanks to you,
> Malcolm
> 
Sorry such a situation had to strike so close to home for you, hope in
time curiosity well bring her back out(maybe on that trip you and the
RAPTOR are supposed to take next month)
Horoun
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