SR - A Question Concerning Principality

[Bob Dewart]

My Lord,

I do not have an objection per se to the forming of a prinicpality right
here,  no matter what all the stuff I  write might indicate.  However, I
can not help but think it is being done for the wrong reasons.  I'm sure
some one will ask me what are the right ones.  Let's just say for now, I
don't think we've gone  has far as we can as a region or a Kingdom.

And because of the back door way this thing got started, I don't think it
will have a chance foy several years to come.  Then I could be wrong.
Dennis Miller aka  Gilli
-----Original Message-----
From: PKieferjr at aol.com <PKieferjr at aol.com>
To: southern at Ansteorra.ORG <southern at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: SR - A Question Concerning Principality


>Greetings, one and all.
>
>I'd like to address the concerns for and against the Principality
>concept.....again......if I may.....
>
>There are those who feel that to divide up a kingdom in such a manner is to
>drive a stake in one's heart.  I feel that this is an overreaction.  To
>demonstrate, I offer this mundane example.
>
>Here I am, a citizen of this great country we call THE UNITED STATES OF
>AMERICA, with all that it entails (Bill of Rights, Legislative Branch,
etc.).
>I will be a citizen and support this country, in its entirity, until the
day I
>die.
>
>Now, let's move down a step further.....
>
>I am also a resident of the great state of TEXAS, with all that it entails.
I
>will be a resident and support this state, in its entirity, until the day I
>die.
>
>But does that make me any less a citizen of the US?
>
>The answer is no.  I still can be a citizen.  There is no law that
precludes
>me from being a cititzen.  In fact, since TEXAS is still part of the US, I
am
>automatically a citizen....no exceptions.  I maintain both loyalties
without
>any interference.
>
>Now, let's move down yet another step further.....
>
>I am a resident of TRAVIS COUNTY.   Same feeling applies to this county.
>
>Am I any less a resident of TEXAS?  No.  Any less a citizen of the US?  No.
>Same thing applies here.
>
>One more step......
>
>I live in a neighborhood near Austin called the Twin Creek Trailer Park.  I
am
>its resident.  It is my home and, for the moment, will remain so until I
die
>(or move).
>
>But am I any less a resident of TRAVIS COUNTY?  A resident of TEXAS?  A
>citizen of the USA?
>
>I think you'll find that the answer to all of the above is still "No".
>
>The point that I am making here is that the creation of a territorial sub-
>division does not dictate who I am.  I do.  I have determined that I chose
to
>be Ansteorran, and, until "I" decide otherwise, I will remain, Ansteorran,
>even if it divides into 30 million pieces, until I die, because the kingdom
is
>still ANSTEORRA.
>
>If the United States can have 50 states and additional territories and
still
>be the USA, why can't we have principalities and still be Ansteorra?  The
West
>can do it.  My heart won't change or diminish one iota.  I'm still
ANSTEORRAN,
>and nobody can take that away from me.
>
>As to the point of people clamoring for a separate kingdom, I ask:  Is your
>voice diminished by this wish?  Mine sure isn't.  Anytime someone wants a
>separate kingdom, I'll go ahead and yell, "Don't you dare do this to my
>kingdom!!!!"  I'll bet you can do the same thing, too.  The freedom of
speech
>is still alive in this country, last time I checked.
>
>As to those who don't want to do the admin work, fine.  Send it to me,
then.
>I'm a paper pusher in mundane life, I might as well be an SCA one at that.
>
>Now, if I'm the only one willing to do any sort of work, what does that say
>about the rest of them (of course, I note that there's plenty of peers
willing
>to do some hard work themselves).
>
>Think about that for awhile.
>
>Lord Johann Kiefer Hayden (Paul E. Kiefer, Jr.)
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