[Northkeep] [NR] The Northkeep/Thorgrim and Sigen Issue

[Marc Carlson]

At 08:53 AM 5/22/01 -0500, Elizabeth Kelley wrote:
>>to whom it may concern,
>>this letter was not a statement of political opinion, i have only been
>>playing for six monthes and have no interest at all in becoming involved
>>with the politics of the sca.  i was only trying to clear up the confusion
>>of Chass. sorry if i offended anyone.  i must admit that i did not realize
>>that my response would be posted to the list. i have no opinion either way
>>on the troubles that have been brewing on the northern regional list and
>>desire only to stay out of the argument. thank you for taking the time to
>>read this.

Well, considering how many people (myself included) have made the mistake of posting
to the wrong list, or publicly instead of privately in the past few days, I don't think you have
anything you need to really apologize for.  You were trying to answer a question without
offending anyone.  Nothing wrong with that.

What we have here isn't 'politics' really - except in the most twisted sense of the term.
What we have here is a number of people who are upset and frustrated at the current
situation (both the recent T&S thing, and the way the bickering here is making us look),
and that frustration is affecting what they send out and where they are sending it.  I daresay
(and I am going to take a risk here in speaking for more than myself) that most of the
people who have posted in the past 36 hours are in relative agreement -- the anger and the
hurt emotions need to be moved elsewhere.  In their frustration they (and I'm still including
myself here) are inadvertently adding fuel to the fire (I am hoping that this message,
not really being a negative rant as much as it is intended as a simple explanation, will
spark no public commentary).

Marc/Diarmaid