[MR] Let's just get rid of Spike

[Wolf SilverOak]

What he said.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <firespiter at yahoo.com>
To: <Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:18 PM
Subject: [MR] Let's just get rid of Spike


> Yes...and perhaps we should also update Uncle Sam. He looks a bit old and 
> scrawny, like the kind of guy that gets sand kicked in his face on the 
> beach. Let's atleast give him some arnold schwarteneger pecks and some 
> tatooed guns. Or let's get Uncle Sam into an outfit like the guy in 
> Assassin's Creed wears...that would be cool! Uncle Ninja Sam! Now that's a 
> mascot we can all get behind. We can have banners with him, sticking his 
> foot up someone's backside.
>
> Perhaps the Statue of liberty doesn't exhalt the femanine qualities you 
> appreciate in a woman well enough...Let's just go ahead and shove her into 
> the Atlantic and pick someone else more befitting to bear the name "lady 
> liberty"...maybe Jessica Simpson is your preference. Can we get someone 
> working on a statue of Jessica please? Maybe in daisy dukes washing the 
> hood of a car.
>
> Is there anything else you'd like to do away with because it doesn't suit 
> you? Does the american flag clash with your brown shoes? Or perhaps the 
> horizontal stripes are not sliming in your mind's eye. Well, then let's 
> just go ahead and discard it, and pick something else. Screw the fact that 
> it has historical significance and that people have died for it. It's OLD. 
> That was then. This is now and we want to look cool.
>
> This talk of doing away with Spike turns my stomach, even in jest. It is 
> unbecoming and I am offended by the lack of respect shown to the mascot of 
> our beloved kingdom, which in its short history has achieved so much 
> greatness. Let's discard Spike simply because he doesn't look enough of a 
> bad-ass to us. What a wonderful mantra to hang your hat on.
>
> If you don't like the seahorse, then do not wear it. Please do not do 
> anything that offends your senses or displeasures you. I am happy to see 
> nobles and knights wear only their own coat of arms. They and you may 
> stand on your own achievements and do not need to associate with a great 
> kingdom to be elevated, if that is their choice. But spike is the mascot 
> of our Kingdom and timid and frail as he may be in your eyes, to some of 
> us he represents all that is Atlantia, The pearl of Oceanus. Spike 
> represents "thug" to some, but he also represents; excellence on the 
> field, artistry and craft, and the seat of SCA kings.
>
> Before you cast him aside, I would remind you that, Spike for all of his 
> unimpressiveness is at times indomitable.
>
> "Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the Earth" Matthew 5:5
> -Cian of Storvik
>
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