[Ansteorra] From the Rialto

[Nathan Sullivan]

Can we just drop the whole damn subject?

Nathan Sullivan
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From: <iainmacc at juno.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] From the Rialto


>
> On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:59:06 -0500 Kimberly Koch <sarapenrose at yahoo.com>
> writes:
> > I cannot possibly begin to describe how violently
> > opposed I am to posting this sort of information to
> > the lists. It invariably does more harm than good. I
> > can do nothing to mend the damage done, but I can tell
> > you what I believe with all my heart to be true.
>
>         I came into this conversation not knowing who was being spoken
> of, only that since it was someone from the north I was unlikely to have
> met him.
>         My first thought was that, while it is old news, the fact remains
> the we the ruled should have the option to know whether those who would
> rule are worthy to do so in honor. That thought stayed with me a while.
>         However, while it was never displaced, it was modified by
> something else. I have had people I am very close to hurt badly by an (at
> least partly) intentional smear campaign waged against them in the SCA.
> Things were said about them on the far side of the Kingdom that had no
> basis in fact whatsoever. The fact is that the "rumor mill" transmits
> anything that is interesting or worrisome, and has no means to filter for
> truth or falshood at all.
>         Further, I find myself in disagreement with our legal system and
> the processes it uses to attempt to find the truth on a fairly regular
> basis. Often it goes beyond "less than perfect" and heads off in the
> direction of "ludicrous". I''m sure you can all think of an example of
> this without straining.
>         The bottom line is the reason I am still in the SCA after 19
> years is because mundane society pushes everyone to dishonor themselves
> every day, and considers it no big deal. I find this true of a large
> percentage (if not a majority) of mundane individuals, and certainly true
> of nearly every institution, public or private. Because of this, never
> having met the man, I trust myself to tell whether or not he is honorable
> A WHOLE LOT more than I will ever trust a lawyer's opinion, or a mundane
> jury's.
>         And personally, it has been my experience that trusting the
> discretion or judgement of the rumor mill is an even chancier proposition
> than trusting the discretion and judgement of a drunk.
>
>                                                 Yours in Service,
>
>                                                         Iain MacCrimmon
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