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As I was taking a break from Slater, I checked e-mail. Master Jansen sent me a story he had found, probably knowing how I'd view it.
"The Sheriff of Nottingham captured Little John and Robin Hood and imprisoned them in his maximum-security dungeon. Maid Marion begged the Sheriff for their release, pleading her love for Robin. The Sheriff agreed to release them only if Maid Marion spent the night with him. To this she agreed. The next morning the Sheriff released his prisoners. Robin at once demanded that Marion tell him how she persuaded the Sheriff to let them go free. Marion confessed the truth, and was bewildered when Robin abused her, called her a slut, and said that he never wanted to see her again. At this Little John defended her, inviting her to leave Sherwood with him and promising lifelong devotion. She accepted and they rode away together."
It's supposed to be an assessment of values, a puzzle with no right or wrong, just one's point of view of a "who's more in the right or in the wrong" sliding scale that assesses the listener.
As for what many would joke are the modern-day incarnations...
1) Dad lost all rights to an objection several years ago and many times over.
2) Dinah doesn't cut deals like that. Argument's sake, though? If the rogue's unlucky enough to survive, he'll have multiple fractures and permanant deafness.
3) Roy probably wouldn't make offers like that. Pieter, I can see. Not Roy.
4) If anything remotely resembling this comes down the pike, I will be praying for the Enlightened One's wisdom - and a HUGE bottle of asprin.
"The Sheriff of Nottingham captured Little John and Robin Hood and imprisoned them in his maximum-security dungeon. Maid Marion begged the Sheriff for their release, pleading her love for Robin. The Sheriff agreed to release them only if Maid Marion spent the night with him. To this she agreed. The next morning the Sheriff released his prisoners. Robin at once demanded that Marion tell him how she persuaded the Sheriff to let them go free. Marion confessed the truth, and was bewildered when Robin abused her, called her a slut, and said that he never wanted to see her again. At this Little John defended her, inviting her to leave Sherwood with him and promising lifelong devotion. She accepted and they rode away together."
It's supposed to be an assessment of values, a puzzle with no right or wrong, just one's point of view of a "who's more in the right or in the wrong" sliding scale that assesses the listener.
As for what many would joke are the modern-day incarnations...
1) Dad lost all rights to an objection several years ago and many times over.
2) Dinah doesn't cut deals like that. Argument's sake, though? If the rogue's unlucky enough to survive, he'll have multiple fractures and permanant deafness.
3) Roy probably wouldn't make offers like that. Pieter, I can see. Not Roy.
4) If anything remotely resembling this comes down the pike, I will be praying for the Enlightened One's wisdom - and a HUGE bottle of asprin.