[Ansteorra] Blogs?

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I agree 100% with Countess Katriona.

Lorraine DeerSlayer


--- Lori Campbell <countesskat at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Interesting question. I've been wondering how long it
> would be before something like this became an issue in
> our game.  
> 
> Blogs strike me as someone sitting in a room speaking
> to whoever drops by to listen.  You know, a public
> monologue (soapbox) people can use to voice their
> opinion on whatever matters to them.  Their appeal? 
> Well, deep down inside everyone wants to be heard,
> yes?  Blogs are a faceless medium for airing thoughts,
> feelings and opinions.  No, I don’t have one.  I’ve
> tried to start one a couple of times, but I always
> seem to find something to do that interests me more. 
> I guess the appeal is lost on me.
> 
> > If problems arise from a blog comment what do you
> > think is the best way to correct that situation?
> 
> As has been suggested, person to person contact is
> really the best way – especially in the “unofficial”
> medium that personal blogs allow. 
> 
> Is that different for peers, court nobility or
> royalty?  Not in my opinion.  Personal issues have to
> be worked out between people and IMO that rarely
> involves SCA bureaucracy.  
> 
> > Do you think that Officers, nobles, peers etc. 
> > should be held to higher standard on a blog? If so 
> > why?
> 
> I believe everyone should be responsible for their
> actions and their words (whether written or spoken).  
> 
> Peers and nobility have a certain obligation to set an
> example in word and deed.  They take on that mantle
> when they accept their station.  That said, we all
> know that nobody is perfect.  Hopefully they will take
> steps to apologize or make amends once they are aware
> of the situation.  
> 
> If, however, the blogger is an Officer, Landed Noble
> or Monarch, the situation might be a bit different. 
> These folks are duty bound to represent the offices
> they hold and the groups/individuals they serve. 
> There's an old saying that "you can take the crown
> off, but you're still the king."  When you take on an
> official office, I think that same holds true.
> 
> That said, should these individuals be accountable for
> things they write on a blog?  I probably won’t be
> popular, but I believe so.
> 
> Say Landed Baron Gareth keeps a livejournal under his
> mundane name "Gary Smith."  On his LJ he talks about
> his hobby, the SCA, and expounds about "how he can’t
> stand the moron of a King he was forced to swear
> fealty to last weekend…”  Is he going to be held
> accountable if the King discovers he was called a
> moron in an unofficial blog?  Well, that depends on
> the King, but I’d be willing to bet there would be
> fall-out.  At best, his working relationship with that
> particular Crown will be strained.  At worst, if the
> King feels this Baron can no longer represent the
> Crown, Gareth might be asked to step down.
> 
> How about the baronial seneschal who writes in his
> non-sca blog that these “people in his group are
> dysfunctional and idiotic."  Perhaps he even mentions
> a few by name or description.  Should he be held
> accountable for that?  Whether or not he should be is
> irrelevant once the populace finds out they’ve been
> labeled "dysfunctional and idiotic"?  Best case: he
> might have to eat crow and give a public apology. 
> Worst case, the populace won’t be able to work well
> with him.  Alienating half the populace you serve
> might motivate someone to ask that he step down.  
> 
> I'm sorry to say it, but yeah, in my opinion these
> folks will be held accountable (whether or not they
> should isn’t relevant).  If their words or actions
> (even in an unofficial, non SCA setting) have
> consequences, they will have to bear that
> responsibility.  
> 
> Yeah, we’ve all got our First Amendment rights, but we
> do have to accept the consequences for anything we
> say, especially in open public forums such as the ones
> blogs provide.
> 
> Kat MacLochlainn  
> 
> 
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