SC - Queen's Teas? Period terms?

[Elaine Koogler]

I think a lot of it has to do with how long you've been in the SCA, how you've
moved in the circles that communicate with the "centers of power" within your
kingdom and the kind of relationship you have with the Crown.  There are a
number of people who, if they were King, I could talk to quite honestly, and
that honesty would be appreciated.  On the other hand, there are a few who, when
given an honest opinion, get angry...one even tried to banish me from the SCA
some years ago!  (He had an over-inflated opinion of his power as King!!! Thank
goodness!)
However, that has never stopped me from being honest...and, at least
diplomatically, letting the Crowns know how I feel!

Kiri

david friedman wrote:

> I wrote:
>
> >>If nobody in a kingdom is willing to tell royalty when they are
> >>wrong, the kingdom is in serious trouble.
>
> Gunthar responded:
>
> >
> >I totally agree. Especially considering the "discussion" my King and
> >I had at Estrella last week. And we still parted as better friends
> >than we began.
>
> During the Board Troubles, I very publicly and strongly disagreed
> with the position my sovereigns took. At one point His Majesty wrote
> asking me what I thought of the events at Estrella, and I replied
> that I was happy with the actions of almost all the sovereigns except
> my own. Our correspondence remained cordial; he was a gentleman.
>
> Some while later I had a less cordial exchange with another sovereign
> whose views I disagreed with--one of the things that made me less
> unhappy than I might have been when, for mundane reasons, I moved out
> of the kingdom.
>
> Of course, it is easier to argue with a king if you are a duke. But I
> don't think it is or should be impossible for other people.
> --
> David/Cariadoc
> http://www.daviddfriedman.com/
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