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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would like to take this time to admit
something...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was wrong for the incident at Protectorate... I
wish to state that first and foremost lest anyone forget. I would also like to
apologize on behalf of my crew, because they were merely trying to make light of
the situation so that we wouldn't be bogged down and downtrodden... it was a
mistake, and every human being makes them. I've apologized countless times to
many people both directly and in-directly since the event. I even offered the
offending cannon (the one we fired off) to HE Ulf as tribute to our apology...
That the offending weapon would never again be fired by me or my
crew.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I apologize now for the lack of tact shown by a
couple members of my crew... not neccesarily for writing the filks about
the incident, but for the names mentioned... they could have been written more
tactfully and in better taste, and the problem has been delt with. If you
have a problem with it from here on out, you may contact me personally, for I am
the Captain of my crew, and as such must accept responsibility for their
actions.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now, for the rest of my letter... It is a very foul
thing indeed when a single person tries to exert control over what they think
the "dream" should be. If you want to push the issue on the piracy thing, you
had BETTER push the issue on everyone else that's not 100%. I will not
tolorate you singling out me and my crew because you personally happen to not
like pirates. I will not tolorate "bounties" being placed on myself, my
crew, or piracy in general just because you happen to not agree with
it. There are things I do not agree with in the SCA, and you don't see me going
off on a crusade to bring them to an end. As it was stated on my Crew's
website: "This is the Society for CREATIVE Anachronism, NOT THE SOCIETY FOR
COMPULSIVE ACCURACY. If you are 100% accurate, more power to you. But this
incident will be dropped, pure and simple. If you pursure this, you had better
be ready for a fight, because I will not tolorate it, period. I will fly what
colors I please, where I please, when I please, so long as their Majesties do
not order me otherwise. And for your information... our crew is WELL within
period. We're not 100% accurate, but we ARE within the Society's timeline. If
you don't like it, petition the Crown. Get THEM to talk to the BOD and re-define
the SCA's timeline. Oh wait a second... you cant... because as long as there's
been ships on the seas, there have been pirates there to take them. And if you
get the SCA's timeframe re-set to an age before there were pirates, we'll all be
in the stone age.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You may not like my ideals, or my code, but I'm
sorry... that's just none of your buisness. I do, however, have a compromise.
You back off with your crusade, and I'll not go out of my way to make a presence
like we did at Protectorate. You insist on pursuing this idiocy to it's
maturity, and I'll fight you tooth and toenail on it until the bitter end, short
of Treason to the Crown of Ansteorra. Basically, you mind your own buisness, and
I'll mind mine. You know who you are.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lord Duncan MacNamara</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Infamous Captain of the 'Iron
Lotus'</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>6th Champion of the Black Company</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS. Just a gentle reminder... the filk issue has
been dealt with. They're not to be performed, and the author(s) that are under
my authority have been chastised. Now I expect some leeway on your end as
well.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>