[MR] Curiosity

[Angela K. Pincha-Neel]

Aedan,

> I'm not sure about the process itself, but from what I've heard, it was
> long overdue.

This is a statement that I think is indicative of a lot of problems that we
have... this is something that crosses from the mediaeval into the modern. We
all have the right to be treated as if we are NOT guilty first, and that it is
up to those accusing to prove that we are. The process itself appears broken...
that process being what the BoD went through to prosecute, try, and sentence His
Grace.

> There was definitely a lot of documentation to the process and as a friend
> put it, it wasn't for any one incident of Aveloc's but a "lifetime achievement
> award" for all the harm he'd done.
> 

Was there? In reading the allegations, you can see over and over again words
such as "second hand", "no basis", "haven't seen the letter", etc. We've all
played the game where you start a story at one end and see how it differs by the
time it gets to the other. A friend of mine was waving his hands around while
telling a story once, accidentally bumped the Princess of the Mists face, and
within 24 hours the story was that he had beaten her while in a drunken frenzy.
Certainly three years after the fact with no written documentation other than "I
heard..." or "A friend of mine saw..." what in the world would it be now?

> >website provided by Count Aveloc and his lady, Countess Mahliqa at
> >http://scaoubliette.com/. There is also a petition to suggest to the BoD that
> 
> Be careful reading this.  It's obviously very prejudiced (not that I blame
> him) but highly misleading.  As one "for instance", there's a accusation of him
> attacking
> and holding someone's head underwater at a Lillies War.  The accusation letter
> states "some 3 years ago", to which his response was "I wasn't even at Lillies
> 3 years ago".  Sounds like a smear tactic unless you know that letter was
> written
> a few years ago so it was 3 years *from the time of the letter* and the
> incident
> he's trying to side step had many other witnesses.  Hard to forget doing
> something like that to a person.

Reference what I said above.
> 
> The BoD seems to move *very* slowly and cautiously in things of this nature.
> Having been involved in similar proceedings here in this kingdom, all I can
> say is if they actually went through with it, it was most likely due to
> overwhelming evidence.

When did they start the process? About 5 months ago, it appears. Too much
appears to be hearsay, and a show of power. It seems to me that if we all are
held to that same standard of defense, I daresay
more than half the SCA membership would have to be banished. Heavy hitting?
Happens every Crown. People getting "pumped" at a War? Happens every war.
Marshals being assholes and complaining when someone disagrees? Its happened to
me, the one who knows darn well that I need to find a offense... me hit hard?
Hah!  If those are the bases for which they did this, they seem to hold him to a
higher standard than the rest of us. And what is going to keep them from doing
the same thing to every single charismatic, leader willing to go out on a limb
and make sure that our dream continues to grow, evolve and blossom.

Drea
> 
> My opinionated tuppence,
> Aedan
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