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- From: doconnor@sedona.intel.com (Dennis O'Connor)
- Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
- Subject: Re: non-fighting rulers
- Message-ID: <DOCONNOR.93Jan3224153@potato.sedona.intel.com>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 03:41:53 GMT
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- In-reply-to: dburgdor@cwis.unomaha.edu's message of Sun, 3 Jan 1993 17:02:00 GMT
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- dburgdor@cwis.unomaha.edu (Darryl Burgdorf) writes:
- ] I am not at all sure that being royalty is "the appropriate reward" for
- ] all excellence. I simply feel that, as (arguably) the highest station to
- ] which one can rise, it ought to be open to those who excell in *any* area,
- ] rather than only one particular one. One can attain a peerage, after all,
- ] through excellence in any endeavor; why cannot one likewise aspire to the
- ] throne similarly?
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- In my own renownedly humble opinion, and meaning no disrespect at
- all for current or former Crowned heads, I personally have am more
- impressed by the titles Knight, Master-at-Arms, Laurel and Pelican
- than for royal titles.
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- You become King, Queen, Princess or Prince by virtue of a single
- tourney of excellence. You become Duchess, Duke, Count or Countess
- by service to the SCA for one or two reigns. On the other hand, Knight,
- Master-at-Arms, Laurel and Pelican are usually given in recognition
- of years of dedicated activity. So these non-Royal peerages seem
- to me the more valuable achievement.
-
- Of course, all the Royal peers I know are also members of at least
- one of the non-royal Peerages. Which seems probable, yes ?
-
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- Dennis O'Connor doconnor@sedona.intel.com
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