[Ansteorra] king of the east..please pass along

[R Starkey]

Are you saying that anyone with mundane responsibilities or obligations that
could cause them to miss the reign should not fight in crown in the first
place?  Or just military people should not.

Ryah



----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Smith" <morganbuchanan at hotmail.com>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] king of the east..please pass along


> I think the reasoning is like this:
>
> Let's say someone was 17 and a Life Boy Scout.  That's the rank just below
> Eagle for those of you unfamiliar.  Let's say this 17 year old joined the
> military, went away to basic and turned 18.  All he had left was 1
> meritbadge before getting his Eagle.  One can't get their Eagle Scout
award
> after turning 18.  But he joined the military so he didn't get that merit
> badge.  He didn't fill the requirement in the specified time.  He knew
what
> the requirement was when he joined the military.
>
> For the SCA, corpora says "if you don't finish the reign, no doo dad"
right?
> >From my understanding, wasn't the rule actually put in place BECAUSE of
> military people?
>
> Do I think what Andre Sinou is doing is more important than what King
> Andreas is doing?  Yup.  But reading corpora is something that kings and
> queens should (aren't they required?) do.  One of the points under
> "qualification" states that the K&Q entrants must know they are able to
> complete the reign.  Nobody would suggest anyone would know they're going
to
> die.  But knowing one has military requirements that could cause them to
> miss the reign is something anyone in the military should know.  :)
>
> The specific rule you're looking for is 4.C.2:
>
> The royal pair must attend their Coronation or Investiture, preside over
the
> Royal Lists to select their successors, and attend the Coronation or
> Investiture of their successors.  They must also attend such other events
as
> may be dictated by the laws of their realm.  Should extreme and
> extraordinary curcumstances, such as death, prevent a Crown, heir to the
> Crown, Coronet, or heir to the Coronet, from completing these
requirements,
> the BoD may, upon substantial petition, and on a case by case basis, waive
> these requirements to allow the bestowing of royal peerage or royal title.
>
> So....it's not death.  Should the rule be changed to broaden the
deffinition
> of "extreme and extraordinary"?  Being called up to active duty in the
> military isn't all that extraordinary.  It's happened to thousands and
> thousands of men and women all over this country ever since the Gulf War.
> Not ours.  Just some thoughts.  My only concern is that the rules be
applied
> evenly.
>
> Morgan