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Re: Hello at all Castle Lovers
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 29 Sep 1999 14:09:22 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Beth Reiten writes:
> > Obviously, TLG uses the SCA/Rennie view of the middle ages: everybody who • wants to
> > be can be a noble! Who wants to be a peasant?
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> > "Help! Help! I'm being oppressed!"
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> One of my favorite (mis)quotes. "You can't just call yourself King because
> some watery tart lobbed a sword at you! You have to win Crown, too!"
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> James
> http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
"Listen-- strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a
system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the
masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. You can't expect to wield
supreme executive power just 'cuz some wat'ry tart threw a sword at you! I
mean, if I went 'round, sayin' I was an emperor just 'cuz some moistened bink
had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!"
sorry to nitpick... I just couldn't resist :)
DaveE
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| (...) <grin> S'okay. If I dredged my memory, I could have pulled up the correct one, too. What I did quote was a random person I heard last Clinton war mocking politics. (SCAdian reference) James (URL) set to off-topic.fun - SCA may be castle, but (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) wants to (...) One of my favorite (mis)quotes. "You can't just call yourself King because some watery tart lobbed a sword at you! You have to win Crown, too!" James (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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