[Ansteorra] Honest Hanse is Honor Bound

[mikea]

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 03:28:42PM -0600, Tim McDaniel wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, Pukhta 'Pooky' Lovtsevich <pookyloves at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >During my multiple decades of service to Kid, Kingdom, and Crown I
> >have managed to learn only one thing during the last oh my... 34
> >years.
> >
> >That being: "It is not my place to question the Wisdom of the
> >Crown."
> 
> To descend again into seriousness: I think that attitude is a failure
> of service to the king and queen.  Tadhg Liath (there were giants in
> the Earth in those days) said that it is sometimes the duty of a great
> officer to say, "Your Majesty, this is madness".  I would extend that:
> it think it is the duty of any member of the populace who believes
> that the king and queen are venturing towards folly to RESPECTFULLY
> and BRIEFLY point it out WITH FACTS, or opinions of it's a pure
> judgment call.  I think that any good king and queen would welcome
> good counsel.  And so too with a baron and baroness, or officer, or
> anyone in authority in our society.  And it is especially a duty for
> those of higher station to counsel those yet above them.
> 
> Danihel de Lindonio

Amen. It is, I believe, a duty of each Peer, whether bestowed or Royal,
to at least make a serious attempt to counsel the Crown, officers
(particularly Great Officers), and landed nobles when he/she thinks they
are in danger of going astray. It can be pretty much a hair shirt when the
Crown is unconvinced, and very uncomfortable when an officer or landed
noble is unconvinced, but I believe it to be a duty nonetheless. Knight,
Pelican, Master of Arms, and Laurel aren't titles of privilege: they're
*JOB* titles. 

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