[Artemisia] unintended offense, perhaps

[morgan wolf]

Before this blows up, please allow me to interject-

Lord Padruig, Lord David does indeed have a child, one of (if not THE) first SCA *grand*children in our Kingdom.  Lord David and his siblings all grew up in the SCA, and turned out just fine.  I am confident that he was not attempting to be "flippant", merely to inject a little levity into a serious discussion, much like my suggestion of identifying the Wrack by putting rabbit ears on all of them.

Lord David, while I appreciate, perhaps more than most, the desire to throw a bit of humor into a serious discussion, you might want to be sure that you clearly indicate in the posting that it is just humor, and not to be taken seriously, and understand that, for many of us, this is not a subject given to humor.

I would suggest that the big difference here is in the personal experience of both of you:  Padruig, you are fairly new to the SCA, having joined at a time when the safety of children from predators is, unfortunately, becoming a real concern in our Society, have been a concerned father much longer, and work with troubled children mundanely.  David, you were born into the SCA, as was your daughter, and you and your sibs and your daughter come from a very protective Household and extended Household.  Your childhood in the SCA was, honestly, fairly protected, considering who the "uncles" are.  In your post you mentioned who your sibs are, but not in detail, such as Katriana being the new Bard of Artemisia, or that Racheid (Anthony by any other name) is 18 and a fighter in his own right, or that Elizabeth is (if memory serves) 15 and has been a Lady in Waiting about 4 times now, or that the "oldest child" is your father.

By the way, your mutual daughters like each other (Kaitlyn and Jessica), and had much fun playing together at Crown last October, and I state with confidence that*both* of them have very watchful, protective Dads and families.  Neither child is completely "free-range".

Morgan
one of the uncles for both sets of children

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