[Ansteorra] RE: To who it may concern-skerri's reply

[Gilli]

Well said and thank you.

Gilli
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Stewart" <skerritheviking at yahoo.com>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] RE: To who it may concern-skerri's reply


>I really have no idea as to what is going on, as I have been offline for 
>awhile and am just now catching up.  However, that is really rather not 
>relavent.  What is relavent is that our Organization is supposed to be 
>doing it's best to recreate in words and actions the aspirations of 1600 AD 
>and earlier.  Honor, Courtesy, Honesty, to name a few.  Part of Corpora 
>states (paraphrasing) that each person of equal "rank" (as in SCA Awards) 
>treats the other as being of a higher rank, a person of higher rank treats 
>a person of lower rank as an equal, and that we all be chivalrous, 
>courteous, honest, and honorable.  It seems to me by the reading of this 
>e-mail that what has happened is not what paid members and non-paying 
>members (the only difference being discounts and newsletters and certain 
>positions and fighting in Crown/being fought for in Crown really) should be 
>doing under the written rules, and more importantly, the unwritten Ideals 
>of " The Dream".
>
>  The World is full of enough strife, back-biting, theft, war, hate, 
> deceipt, murder, and all manner of other challenges.  The SCA is supposed 
> to be a break from all of that;  Even a party at an SCA member's house 
> should be a break from the challenges and hardships we all must endure. 
> Why must those of you who have back-bit this person do so?  Does it make 
> you a better person?  Does it bring you wealth?  Does it give you Worldly 
> power?  Did you get elected as a United States Senator because of it?  I 
> should hope not, I would say none of these things happened.  All you 
> managed to do was make a person that opened themselves and their home, 
> their retreat from the pressures of mundane tasks, feel belittled and 
> hurt.
>
>  In my own humble opinion, I would say that each person that did this 
> thing should give an off-list e-mail heartfelt and true apology.  An 
> on-list apology would look face-saving, an off-list one would show the 
> person you mean it.  Considering what was done, I do not expect this to 
> occur, nor is it my place to demand or judge, which I am not doing, only 
> observing and venturing an opinion.  I can only add that I hope that this 
> bit of insult and injury, and my e-missive will remind everybody what the 
> SCA is supposed to be about.  The Known World Handbook says we should 
> treat each other like second cousins once removed, and I remember when it 
> was Always like that.  I have been in since A.S. 16.
>
>  Gilli, for my part, I am sorry that you were forced to endure abuse at 
> the hands/mouths of my fellow Scadians, and can only say it is not the 
> norm.
>
>  In Service to The Dream,
>  Lord Skerri Valtorsson
>  Barony of Tir Ysgithr
>  Kingdom of Atenveldt
>  Founding Knight Marshal of The Canton of Chemin Noir
>
> d k <kahulaville at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  it's sad to see that there are some in society that
> have nothing better to do then bad mouth others and
> don't have the nerve to sign their own name. i for one
> have always had a enjoyable time at your
> parties/gatherings gilli, as have others we have
> brought w/ us. please don't let a few rotton apples
> stink up the fun that you and your lady darcy create
> for others.
> ~SSJ
>
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