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Public News Post #171

Final Word on Mhun

Written by: Headmistress Servelan de Vermiis
Date: Sunday, December 14th, 1997
Addressed to: Aeschylus, the Unmoved


You are correct. You did not say you were the epitome of justice and
goodness. You simply inferred it by your holier-than-thou statements.
If it offends you that I implied you think of yourself as good and
just, my apologies! I take it back.

Now, it appears you are again continuing to claim to protect these
"innocent" peoples of Mhoghedu. Since these particular innocents
are a fierce warrior peoples (as is obviously seen by their
numerous depictions of combat on their walls), engage in brutal
bloody combats to the death, one must wonder what your definition
of a "non-innocent" might be.

However, even assuming they are "innocent", one cannot dispute
that they are indeed fierce, proud warriors who pride themselves
on their combat skills. Even you should know, that a warrior
lives to fight their own battles and it is a warrior's greatest
honor to die in battle. If some hotblooded vigilante steps in
and interferes in that a warrior's fight, that vigilante is not
"protecting" a warrior but rather depriving the warrior of
the honor of combat. We are not talking about defenseless
children and crippled elderly, we are talking about warriors!
You speak much of consent -- did these fierce, proud and
honorable warriors come crawling to you? Did they beg you to
step into their battles and "save" them? Where is the consent
they have granted you to interfere? You dishonor those Mhun
by depriving them of their battles without consent. As a side
note, I very much doubt that the Mhun are overly concerned
with my challenges to them as they continue to trade with me
in foodstuffs. If they truly felt I somehow wronged them,
I am sure they would not continue to trade.

Your accusation of cannibalism is heard. First, any of the
occult teachings that I am taught are private and confidential
and I will not disclose or discuss them with you or anyone
else who is not an occultist. So, for the sake of argument,
I neither admit nor deny your allegation. However, I am
certainly willing to debate cannibalism with you which we
may do at a later date. For starters, why is cannibalism
"disgusting"? Just for aesthetic sakes? Is it immoral?
Is it a taboo? I am sure you have more to say then just
to offhandedly call it "disgusting".

I hope this puts the Mhoghedu ethical question to rest.
We see you are not speaking for the Church. You are speaking
for yourself. (Though of course the Church hasn't spoken
for such a long time, we must wonder whether it is still in
existence.) We see you complain of a lack of consent, yet
have no consent yourself. We see you depriving honorable
warriors of their battles. We see you for what you are.

Servelan de Vermiis
Penned by my hand on the 20th of Phaestian, in the year 179 AF.


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Public News Post #171

Final Word on Mhun

Written by: Headmistress Servelan de Vermiis
Date: Sunday, December 14th, 1997
Addressed to: Aeschylus, the Unmoved


You are correct. You did not say you were the epitome of justice and
goodness. You simply inferred it by your holier-than-thou statements.
If it offends you that I implied you think of yourself as good and
just, my apologies! I take it back.

Now, it appears you are again continuing to claim to protect these
"innocent" peoples of Mhoghedu. Since these particular innocents
are a fierce warrior peoples (as is obviously seen by their
numerous depictions of combat on their walls), engage in brutal
bloody combats to the death, one must wonder what your definition
of a "non-innocent" might be.

However, even assuming they are "innocent", one cannot dispute
that they are indeed fierce, proud warriors who pride themselves
on their combat skills. Even you should know, that a warrior
lives to fight their own battles and it is a warrior's greatest
honor to die in battle. If some hotblooded vigilante steps in
and interferes in that a warrior's fight, that vigilante is not
"protecting" a warrior but rather depriving the warrior of
the honor of combat. We are not talking about defenseless
children and crippled elderly, we are talking about warriors!
You speak much of consent -- did these fierce, proud and
honorable warriors come crawling to you? Did they beg you to
step into their battles and "save" them? Where is the consent
they have granted you to interfere? You dishonor those Mhun
by depriving them of their battles without consent. As a side
note, I very much doubt that the Mhun are overly concerned
with my challenges to them as they continue to trade with me
in foodstuffs. If they truly felt I somehow wronged them,
I am sure they would not continue to trade.

Your accusation of cannibalism is heard. First, any of the
occult teachings that I am taught are private and confidential
and I will not disclose or discuss them with you or anyone
else who is not an occultist. So, for the sake of argument,
I neither admit nor deny your allegation. However, I am
certainly willing to debate cannibalism with you which we
may do at a later date. For starters, why is cannibalism
"disgusting"? Just for aesthetic sakes? Is it immoral?
Is it a taboo? I am sure you have more to say then just
to offhandedly call it "disgusting".

I hope this puts the Mhoghedu ethical question to rest.
We see you are not speaking for the Church. You are speaking
for yourself. (Though of course the Church hasn't spoken
for such a long time, we must wonder whether it is still in
existence.) We see you complain of a lack of consent, yet
have no consent yourself. We see you depriving honorable
warriors of their battles. We see you for what you are.

Servelan de Vermiis
Penned by my hand on the 20th of Phaestian, in the year 179 AF.


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