Ex TVM member

Greetings.

 

I am posting here to address a couple of issues. It makes me somewhat sad to read many poorly directed personal attacks on individuals throughout this current war. Many of the posters have nothing positive to add but would seem rather to post for the sake of seeing their own words in print and take an even greater delight in the mayhem that follows.  Truly sad imho.

 

Many that post here, do so more to play the semantic role rather than actually take the time to digest what they then choose to criticise so quickly. I urge you all to step back for minute and truly read what others have posted before reaching for the all too familiar rhetoric. Calm, considered and informed rebuttals are worth far more than the excited, hormone and adrenalin charged, misinterpreted reposte that has become the norm. Have a care with your words folks and the spirit with which those words are written.

 

Much has been said regarding McKenna's withdrawal from [TVM] and the war. I personally think it was a courageous decision and one that surely tortured McKenna when making. I hold no animosity toward McKenna for his decision and I truly wish him health, wealth and prosperity in his future. I also truly hope that those to whom he offered his withdrawal upheld what has been written and allowed him to keep his dignity and honour and that whatever terms he was offered were within keeping of what they espouse.

 

It has been said here that the [TVM] leadership does not listen to it's members, it does not support it's members, it throws it's members into harms way to be 'cannon fodder' and does not or will not offer them the support when it is needed. It has also been suggested that we, the members of [TVM]  have not been allowed to individually withdraw from the war. All members of [TVM] have been offered the chance to withdraw from the war by our leadership. I can provide the evidence by igm to any that wish it, however I also claim the right to edit it as it includes others that have offered sanctuary and I will not see them tarnished, suffer verbal attack nor demeaned in any way for their generosity.

 

Regardless of peoples assumptions and best guesswork, we have been offered by our Leader the chance to withdraw with NO recriminations. Those of us that stay, choose so freely, with full understanding of the consequences. I stay because it is not in me to withdraw, and I know that sounds like a rip off from a really funny movie [and it is!] but I state it here publicly. 

 

I stay because of my friendship with those amongst [TVM] McKenna included. I stay because I have never, nor will ever, desert a comrade on the battlefield. My friendships mean far more to me than my city's. It may come to pass that I be forced back to the 'rainbow'. So be it. I will never surrender until my liege lays down his sword. If it come to chance that [TVM]'s banner is hung in our would-be conqueror's halls then know that it does so because they had to prise it from my cold corpse's mailed fist.

 

I shall try my utmost to survive.