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- From: bq434@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael A. Chance)
- Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
- Subject: What harm from a Bad Monarch?
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 23:02:09 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: bq434@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael A. Chance)
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-
- Pardon a moment of negativism, good folks.
-
- Several people have mentioned that the don't see that a "Bad Monarch(tm)"
- could do much damage to their kingdom in the few months that they are on
- the thrones. Whilst I hope it never happens, there is actually a
- significant amount of damage that such a person(s) could do.
-
- Consider: How much of your kingdoms regalia is turned over to the
- keeping of the new monarchs at their coronation? Is it inventoried
- then? Is it inventoried when they step down? How much are your
- kingdom's crowns, swords of state, thrones, etc. worth (and how quickly
- could they be replaced)? (Historical note: One of the "incidents" of
- the reign of Michael of Boarshaven involved the temporary
- "disappearance" and damaging of the Midrealm crowns.)
-
- Consider: Despite a requirement to consult with the members of the
- peerage orders, there is no requirement to follow their
- reccommendations. A set of "Bad Monarchs(tm)" could give knighthoods,
- Laurels, and Pelicans to dozens of their friends, all quite legally,
- causing major problems for the kingdom for years to come.
-
- Consider: The Crowns are, technically, official representative of the
- Society. Considering the already shakey reputation that the SCA has in
- certain areas of the US, and by certain types of people (some of whom
- have large amounts of local influence), it wouldn't take much for one of
- the more neaderthal types lucky enough to have won the Crown (or a real
- airhead, either gender, to be Consort) to spout off some truly
- outrageous half-truth (or outright falsehoods) to the local media (or
- worse, to some one from a news service) to cause some major public
- relations nightmares for the SCA, Inc. and a lot of its local groups for
- years. (Witness the continuing problem with one or two cases of
- suicides erroneously linked to the SCA.)
-
- "Bad Monarchs(tm)" CAN do major damage, if they want to. Thankfully,
- such cases have been extremely rare.
-
- Sorry for the downer during the holiday season, but it is a potential
- problem.
-
- Mikjal Annarbjorn
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- Michael A. Chance St. Louis, Missouri, USA "At play in the fields
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