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<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>While it was my intention to let this
thread die a quick death, I feel compelled to make a final comment. While I
appreciate Siade's faith in my abilities, I agree with Lord Timothy that Her
Majesty's honor and good name must be protected. Her Majesty's true beauty
shines no matter what her attire through her eyes, her voice and radiant soul.
And upon these I have no skill to render. And to Sir Galen I say:
"Absolutely Right!" (harumpf harumpf...hey I didn't get a
harumpf outta that guy)</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>In humble service to Elfsea and Ansteorra,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Ld. Armand Dragonetti</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="" size=3>Elfsea Historian</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B>Paul Mitchell <<A
href="mailto:Paul_Mitchell@Filemaker.com">Paul_Mitchell@Filemaker.com</A>><BR><B>To:
</B>Elfsea <<A
href="mailto:elfsea@Ansteorra.ORG">elfsea@Ansteorra.ORG</A>><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </DIV></FONT>Siade the Bard recently
said:<BR><BR>><BR>>--- Timothy Rayburn <<A
href="mailto:timothy_of_glastonbury@yahoo.com">timothy_of_glastonbury@yahoo.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>>> mi'lord Saide and any who would care to even think of
accepting this idea,<BR>>> <BR>>> I would point out to you that
the creation of such an image most certainly<BR>>> could be considered
defimation of the good name of my Queen,<BR>><BR>>Are you saying that
for an artist to depict the Queen in all her splendor <BR>>would be
defamation? <BR><BR>No, he's saying that the computer equivalent of
taking a nude<BR>body and pasting Sara's face onto it -- _especially_
without HRM's<BR>leave -- would be obscene by any reasonable definition of
the word.<BR><BR>Besides, as any fool knows, "the Queen in all her
splendor" includes<BR>crowns and gowns, a fine throne, and finer
jewels, a great king by<BR>her side, the kingdom they rule, the armies they
command, and the <BR>artists they inspire. Matter for a fine painting,
but never a <BR>computer-doctored photo.<BR><BR><snip><BR>>two
ways: either that the queen's beauty is best preserved by hiding it or
<BR><BR>It wouldn't be "the queen's beauty", but someone's fantasy
of the<BR>queen, a matter best left in one's private thoughts, and then
only<BR>if one is the king.<BR><BR>>a heavy weapon fighter recently made
squire is inept! In the first case, you<BR>>now have called upon
yourself the entire queen's guard, and in the latter <BR>>case<BR>>you
merely have to worry about the Knights.<BR><BR>Well, as to that, a
recently-made squire is expected to be inept.<BR>As Good King Gerard once
said, "all that red belt really means<BR>is that some knight,
somewhere, thinks you can't make it on<BR>your own". But Armand
doesn't need my guidance to know that to<BR>to create an image like that of
the queen, though perhaps not <BR>different in technique from the methods
used to illustrate "Sfi's<BR>'Dream'", would surely be of a wholly
'nother moral nature,<BR>and his judgement and dignity would never permit
his<BR>attention being turned to such a matter. _Isn't_ _that_
RIGHT,<BR>_squire_?<BR><BR>>Siade the <BR>> "Who's the
official Baronial Trouble Maker, again?"<BR>>
Bard<BR>>(aka, The Bad Bard of Elfsea)<BR><BR>To paraphase Billie Burke,
"are you good bard, or bad bard?"<BR>"But I already told
you..."<BR><BR>- Galen<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>