[MR] Atlantia Digest, Vol 52, Issue 21

[Lady Rhiannon of Berra]

Something written on someone's journal, locked or not, is NOT an "official"
SCA anything.  People have the right to state their opinions in their
journal.  It's theirs.  Now, granted, it would probably be a good idea to
lock the journal, but it still stands.  It's not official, and it's a rant.
We all have them.  Locked journals are only for those who are allowed
access; and it's upto those people to keep what they read private.  Not
everyone is that smart, unfortunately.

But whether it be a Kingdom Seneschal or a member of the bod, they are still
humans outside of the SCA and they are prone to rants and etc. like the rest
of us.  AMany of us who have journals have, at one time or another, "stepped
in it", it happens and we have all had to deal with the fallout of what
we've written.  If you'rre willing to write it, then you have to deal with
it.

But no one should have to be "on" as a member of the BOD, or an officer on a
24/7 basis.

Rhi







On 5/12/07, Sandi Rust <feo2mouse at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Pardon me..  just a few words of my own...
>
>   True, we have Freedom of Speech. It is a freedom I use quite frequently,
> but hopefully I temper it a bit with wisdom. "Wisdom" is the "should I
> shouldn't I" factor to our life with the Freedom. Certainly, I can greet my
> friend, Jack, on the street, but would I shout out "Hi Jack!" in a crowded
> airport? True, I can preach freedom of religion, but would I do that at a
> KKK meeting? To both I would say "no". Is someone allowed to have a
> frustrated rant? I would say, yes. Would I have it posted on a public forum?
> No. That really isn't the place for it at least not for very long and not
> without the heading "this is my personal rant" and definitely not if I was
> one of the officers in a society-wide decision. Such things (as seen) can
> spark more misinformation and rampant speculation. So, until whatever
> happens ~ Happens; I feel that it is a waste of energy to even contemplate
> such speculations. So smooth down your feathers; we're not in a cockfight
> yet.
>
>   Marie Hélène of the New Forest, GOA
>   mka San
>   Canton of Cyddlain Downs' Chancellor of Minors and deputy herald
>
>   Shane B <shaneb at ij.net> wrote:
>
> >At 08:30 PM 5/11/2007 -0700, Matt Broadway wrote:
> > >You are wrong.
> > >Nobody has the right to a frustrated rant.
> > >That right doesn't exist.
> > >Does it?
> >
> >Milord -
> > With all due respect, yes, in fact, it does exist.
> > Out here in Mundania we call it "Freedom of Speech".
> >-- Britton
> >
> >end
> >
> > - - Roy B. Scherer
> > [8 N. Sheppard Street, Richmond, VA 23221; (804) 355-7612]
>
> That is very true but like yelling "FIRE" in a crowded theatre there
> is no right of 'freedom from consequences' no?
>
> Alastair
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