<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 3, 2006, at 5:49 PM, Michael Silverhands wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On Nov 3, 2006, at 5:23 PM, Darius wrote:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">... I'm already picking up on the <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">divisions between the different regions in the kingdom, some of <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">them very ugly indeed.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">~Svetlana Andreivna Volkova</DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><snip></FONT><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">p.s. as an aside, I don't understand the comment about "divisions <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">between the different regions in the kingdom, some of them very ugly <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">indeed". Seriously. I don't understand that.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>By the way... I wasn't trying to minimize or dismiss your comment. This is exactly the sort of FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) rumor that certain people love to repeat, especially to people who are new to the SCA (or Ansteorra) -- such as yourself -- who have no way of knowing whether it's true.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Yes, I'm aware of certain in-duh-viduals who persist in whispering into newcomer's ears things like "oh, don't play with *them*... they don't like *us*...", etc., yada yada. These same people like to say things like "all Laurels are jerks, they'll make you cry if you ask for help", and "all Kings cheated to win Crown, but the Knights don't do a thing about it", or some other outrageous and utterly baseless lie. But just because someone keeps repeating the lie doesn't make it true.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Sorry for "going off" on this topic.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Michael</DIV></BODY></HTML>