[Artemisia] Under 18 Fighter Auth Cards

[rayzentz at aim.com]

Thank you for indulging my curiosity, Your Grace. And I did not address it privately, because I did not think I was alone in the curiosity. My question was not a challenge to any rules, just a general question regarding the why of the rules. My apologies if I caused any offense by voicing my curiosity publicly. No offense was intended.

Lord Padruig McTavish


-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Hall <dukealan at q.com>
To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 3:07 pm
Subject: [Artemisia] Under 18 Fighter Auth Cards




For those who asked why under 18 fighter cards need to be marked "minor" and 
their helm/mask marked, the following is from the Society Earl Marshal, earlier 
this week:
 
"Recently there was an incident where a minor from a 16+ Kingdom went to fight 
in a Kingdom that didn't have minor fighting.The minor in question did not ask 
permission, did not declare themselves a minor, weren't asked because the 
Kingdom auth card is exactly the same as that for adults.The minor was injured 
and being treated by a Chiurgeon before the marshallate and chiurgeon even knew 
he was a minor.Luckily the parent was not one to raise a fuss.This did put the 
staff in a bit of a situation that I want to make sure doesn't happen 
again.After this I inquired around and recieved several stories about similar 
things happening in the past when a minor from somewhere else came to event "x" 
and there were fighting issues, injury, problems with parents being upset that 
"x" happened to their kid...I'm not looking to brand minors as oytcasts but they 
ARE CHILDREN, not adults and we already require special things for them to 
participate.A small marking is a fair adjustment to not put an adult in a 
situation where they do not know what's on their battlefield."
Again if you have questions or comments CONTACT ME OFF LIST
 
Alan
 
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