[Ravensfort] is anyone going to MENTION THE F'ING B&B SITUATION?

KING Of The Firemonkeys theragan at hotmail.com
Mon May 21 11:42:20 PDT 2001


not to be a pain, BUT! the B&B sitch. is WHY i subscribed to this flipping
list. and it's geting to be a BIGOL pain in my ass that NO ONE
BUT ME has put forth a candidate idea.
oh i'm quite sure that you've all been busy little beavers scurring around
in peoples living rooms or private e mailing. but the fact is
your managing to keep everyone BUT YOUR LITTLE CLIQUE in the dark as to whom
is even a candidate for the chairs. so i'd just like to thank you all for
your bullshit little political games and the usual "under the table" way
that things of importance get handled what pray tell is the reason FOR this
list? to talk about TABLES? their is precious little time left. but you'll
all sit in your living rooms and TALK a great deal about who you want for
B&B abd then you'll go to the meeting and fragment all over the place. and
the crown will get a good idea of how we as a barony can't agree on SHIT.
and pick who they want  (which is how it prolly would go anyway)so why do i
bother ?
cause i cared AGAIN....
what happened.           since no one ELSE will say what they think
NOT OUT LOUD ANYWAYS
i will
for the good of the barony this is what i see...


the lizardkeepers(GWYNN) are too happy helping run shit behind the scenes.
and sigurd has a job that won't let him be baron etc.
and kief don't want it

so that leaves us with PAUL and kezia (kezia i think would rock as a
baroness (REALLY REALLY) paul is a power mad hothead with a big NEED to
PROVE himself to the kingdom power folks i think he has a compulsive need to
over compensate for a deepseated bad self image.
in short he's not good baron material (yet)

Brian du val and jacinth.... brian is a great guy but not strong enough. the
"let's walk out now" attitude he displayed at Ren. over the compound issue
was the kicker here for me. it was the mark of a quitter. he gave up too
easy and lost my support.
jacinth is a nice lady, but like brian i need to see some claws to earn
respect from ME. but she's a great lady of good heart.
one thing i would like to say Aela(SP?) what's wrong with her???
she'd make a fine baroness too! (a little too close to berta for my tastes)
but strong enough not to be a puppet! and i like the idea of already married
or attached B&B's,less problems (not every woman is JANE*whatta lady*) nuff
said.
well that seems to be the only contenders that i've heard of ..

except,    Cedric and Katrine (two nice folks) and not a thing bad to say
about either one of them.
but they stand little if any chance of becoming B&B against the puppets
already groomed for the jobs.the "fix" has been in for about a year or so
now from what i could see. those of you who KNOW me(read hang with in the
real world) know what i'm talking about... i've been driving you crazy with
all this for too long now. well here we are
choosing who to support, WHY the SILENCE only assures the crown and the B&B
a clear field to choose who THEY want.
OUR input will be fragmented into so many personal little groups that no ONE
will have a clear baronial mandate and NO ONE but their Maj's
will have any idea what the numbers WERE so who's to know who WAS most
popular or whether the poll made any difference at all.
see this is why PUBLIC elections/polls PUBLISH the results.
but the king and queen may do as they wish.
and we can like it or lump it.
the barony won't likely BE a barony after this if people LEAVE because they
don't like the leadership or grouse and bicker AFTER IT'S TOO LATE. america
may be able to take it with BUSH  but not us.
i see the danger for SERIOUS rifts over this shit.
and the only way to head that off is to OPEN UP!
SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE!
cause i don't want to hear a bunch of crap about "we shoulda" "i just KNEW
IT" and all that shit AFTER the choice is made from people who are silent
NOW!
speak up!
WHO DO YOU WANT!
who is WILLING to be B&B??
who are our mother F'ing CHOICES???
if their Maj's are going to ride all the way DOWN HERE for this...
then it's just good manners(YEAH I said it! shut up an quit sniggering)
      it's just good manners to have some idea of what the hell we DO want!
other wise you'll just have a bunch of wasted time bickering and making us
look bad after the nominations are made and before the poll
why not do the nominations NOW!

find out who's willing and post is here !
bicker and weigh them NOW
and present a (mostly) united choice to their maj's when they come
and HAVE A SHOT at choosing OUR OWN B&B
instead of giving their Maj's a bunch of names to wade through
and getting what we get and having to adjust to it.

i don't much like the way it's set up to begin with
a guy with a stick kicks ass and wins crown for ONE YEAR.
and this gives him the right to choose who rules over ME for
WHO KNOWS HOW LONG???       WHAT?      how is this smart?
it's a lame ass attempt to recreate medieval politcal forms
one thing to remember,

KINGS LASTED MORE THAN A YEAR IN MOST CASES!    everyone in the SCA
keeps saying "crown" "the crown" "kingdom" like it had some CLOUT
like it has some SACRED POWER!
IT'S A LUCKY OR SKILLFUL STICK JOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
who is done in a year...
and we'll be stuck with who they pick.
forever and a day.
unless we further MARR our image and OUST them?
or suffer further watching the barony slip away from the populace.
and when i say populace      i mean the REAL populace!
the ass loads of people who go to the stones during events!
not the little group of people who go to meetings, and hold offices,
and ingage in the political bullshit power plays about how many regional
offices "WE" hold and all that crap.

the barony of Ravensfort exists when those gates open and the stones
ring with cheers and laughter.
everything else is crap.
and that is what's been ignored for too long.
keep this shit up!
you'll be back to being a shire/canton(?) of stargate again soon
because a lot of us will be starting our own group.(don't worry it's NON
sca.) by the way people..?    you ever wonder what it would be like to do a
group that blends Amptguard and SCA styles?
well i've raved enough at you all
i'll wait three days to unsubscribe to allow you a chance to address this.

RAGAN



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