Competition, for resources and for GL status

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From: Carl Fink (carlf@panix.com)
Date: Thu 29 May 1997 - 06:34:30 EEST

Frank Rafaelsen <rafael@nvg.ntnu.no>

>I fail to see the distinction. As long as there are limited resources to
>compete about the struggle is going to political.

I can't speak for Sandy, but I believe the point was precisely that
they don't compete for the *same* resources. That is, the various
tribes either live in different microenvironments, or in different
ecological niches. For instance, the Bolo folk and Agimori are
hunters rather than pastoralists and don't compete directly with any
grazing tribe.

Yes, they act as *predators* on each other, but predators don't in
general wipe out their prey. Control their numbers, yes; exterminate,
no.

>Portraying the praxians
>as the noble savages that don't compete and that are beyond power politics
>(if that is what you do) . . .

I guarantee that's not what he meant. These people have a spell that
turns people non-sentient, okay? Short of Tap INT, I can't think of a
crueler thing to do.

Sandy Petersen <sandyp@idsoftware.com>

> Alex, Peter, Joerg: God Learners

HEY! If anyone's going to be a God Learner, *I* am going to be a God
Learner.

(Great. I guess I'm actually a God Learner wannabe.)
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Carl Fink carlf@panix.com

Remove AGIS from the backbone!

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