[Sca-cooks] Midrealm News regarding royalty OT OP

[Nancy Kiel]

In defense of the BoD, what happens the next time someone has almost the same situation----perhaps not quite as severe a medical emergency?  Will the BoD have to review every combat to make sure all is as it should be?  And, most importantly, was it so critical for this couple to be King and Queen that they were willing to circumvent this simple and basic SCA requirement, that of membership?

At any rate, I expect they are now eating humble pie (obligatory food content).

Nancy Kiel
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> Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 11:12:51 -0400
> From: kiridono at gmail.com
> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Midrealm News regarding royalty OT OP
> 
> I understand that there have to be rules.  I also understand that those
> rules have to be enforced, especially because there are always those who are
> looking for ways around them.  However, I also feel that this situation
> reveals a flaw in the way the BoD thinks and acts...and it's a flaw, like
> Gunther, that causes me to be concerned about the way the BoD functions.
> 
> In this case, we have a situation where three mitigating circumstances
> exist:  1)The couple went to the BoD themselves and admitted the problem; 2)
> the lapse existed for only 3 days; and 3) there were severe non-SCA
> circumstances that caused it...a medical emergency.  I don't see any reason
> why the BoD couldn't have looked at these circumstances (and #3 is
> definitely a documentable situation) and made a decision to allow this
> exception to the rule because of the circumstances.  By not taking this
> path, IMHO they have shown how inflexible they can be.  Even in the modern
> legal system, exceptions are seen...the person who, because of a very real
> threat to their own lives, kills another.  This is referred to as
> self-defense, and a murder charge will not be brought...or if it is, it's
> usually a lesser charge, and the prosecution has to prove that the
> defendant's life was not in danger.
> 
> I'm not a citizen of the Middle, so this really isn't my fight.  But it does
> concern me because it illustrates the inflexibility and lack of reason that
> our governing body seems to possess.
> 
> Kiri
> 
> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Michael Gunter <countgunthar at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > > This is, of course, only the experience of one person I know, who >
> > presumably has a certain bias.> > Adamantius
> >
> > No, I haven't trusted the BoD ever since, even though Sara is now married
> > to a member who I like a great deal.
> >
> > Gunthar
> >
> >
> >
> 
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