[Ansteorra] scadian bad-press day .....

[Michael of Langley]

Good Gentles,

In any organization, hobby, religous, societal, whatever - the ones that 
often receive the most attention are the "notorious" ones.  Guilty or not, 
our society is driven by sensationalism and the latest "guess what I 
heard!".  Look at the exposure that happened just recently with the priests 
of the catholic church, and even before that with the baptist church, with 
the boy scouts, etc.  You often hear news reports about police officers, not 
for the criminals they removed from the street on a daily basis, but when 
one of them falls from grace and is arrested for a crime.

For those that ask, "Aren't you involved in that group?", I say to them : "I 
am also a anglo-saxon white male with germanic ancestry - does that make me 
a Nazi?"  No, of course not!

How often do people around us speak of 9-11, or Bin Laden, or Saddam 
Hussein? This is just further evidence of how our world is affected by the 
"out of sight, out of mind" news reporting of the day. This story was 
brought to light and will fade just as quickly with the next, exciting (and 
depressing) episode of the 6:00 news - followed up with a bad news reminder 
at 10:00.

I'm not saying we should "look the other way" or ignore this story at all. 
If anything, we should all be more aware - lets be real here.  Parents 
should do have the same precautions with ANY ACTIVITY their children are 
involved in, and should keep close tabs on their kids. I find this story an 
unfortunate one, but as a parent, a sobering reminder that wolves can be 
found everywhere, waiting patiently.

As our laws state - this man (whom I have never heard of), is innocent until 
proven guilty.  If he is guilty, he should be punished to the fullest extent 
of the law, and if not (and I mean REALLY NOT - no technicalities 
involved!), cleared of the charges.

Ephesians 5:11
"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them."

"...Faith is daring the soul to believe what the eyes cannot see..."

Michael of Langley





>From: AuroraeB at aol.com
>Reply-To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
>To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] scadian bad-press day ..... Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 
>17:50:16 EST
>
>This tidbit of news info has made the rounds so thoroughly that the women 
>on
>a scrapbooking website message board I visit are yakking about it.
>
>Hope somebody is prepared to do damage control.  The first I heard of it 
>was
>getting an e-mail from one of the board busybodies saying "Didn't you once 
>say
>that _you_ were involved with this group?"  There were some sweeping
>generalizations and accusations on the webboard that kind of bothered me.  
>A couple
>people came to the SCA's defense, but honestly I was completely blindsided 
>by it
>and just stayed away because the topic looks as if it has the potential to
>get very very ugly and I just don't want to be sucked into it.
>
>I mean, they've already made up their minds.  What could I possibly say?
>
>Tracy
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