[MR] RE: The Queens Arms

[Michael Houghton]

Howdy!

On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 08:22:08PM -0400, David Wendelken wrote:
> >But that last clause is EXACTLY why the latest proposal to change 
> >the Queen's arms was returned by the Laurel 
> >Sovereigns of Arms!  Atlantia did not 'think well of it', 
> >but as a whole shrugged and said "Eh. Not important.  
> >Not gonna bother."  There is no way that any reasonable person can 
> >interpret a response of less than 5 percent as 
> >being "well thought of in the kingdom".
> 
> The maxim of the law is this:  "Silence implies consent."
> 
> 95% of those polled gave their consent to the change by their silence.
> 
Consent is not the same thing as support.

Groups are required to demonstrate affirmative support for changes
to their names and arms. That is clearly stated in the governing
documents. A lack of response can not and will not be construed as
support. 

yours,
Herveus
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