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I think the confirmation of the 9 Hands of Cause was too prevent a
conspiracy of the Agshan to promote one of their members as the next
Guardian
Paul McKibben
On 10/01/2010 9:09 AM, Susan Maneck wrote:
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Although I think it is clear that the Will and Testament of the Master
outwardly (legally) endowed the Hands with the authority to withhold their
assent from the Guardian's choice, I think rejecting the Guardian's
selection while the Guardian was standing before them would have been
completely unthinkable for a majority of the Hands,
Dear Vaughn,
The vote was supposed to be done in secret so one could not tell who
voted for or against the successor, but the Guardian made it quite
clear that the Hands did not have the right to reject a Guardian's
choice. The purpose of the vote then, was to confirm that a choice had
indeed been made, not to approve of his choice. That might infer that
the Guardian would have no longer been able to speak for himself.
warmest, Susan
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