From: Frank Rafaelsen (rafael@nvg.ntnu.no)
Date: Wed 17 Sep 1997 - 15:44:26 EEST
On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, The Glorantha Digest wrote:
> From: "Andrew Raphael"
>
> >One dog can destroy a vast proportion of a flock in a single night.
> >The defenses that sheep have developed are shepherds.
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> The mistake many of us are making is assuming that the herd beasts of
> Prax are domesticated like the cattle and sheep of North American
> ranches or Australian stations. They are not. Herd men are no more
> helpless than our hominid ancestors were. They are dumb like a water
> buffalo, a wild boar, a feral camel, a chimpanzee. They are dangerous
> when threatened.
The thing about herd-men is that they've never existed outside the
influence of the Morokanth. In this way they are much more domesticated
than sheep. On the other hand the morokanth may have wanted to create a
sturdy and self sufficient breed. I belive herd-men are exactly what the
morokanth want them to be or need them to be. A discussion about the
deeper nature of herd-men would, in my opinion be misleading.. The
question about what family structure herd-men has got must therefor be
based on what the morokanth find usefull.
Of course there are wild herd-men but the breed is still a morokanth
creation and their behavior would be accordingly, in my opinion.
There was another argument conserning the periode of helplessness
experienced by morokanth after they are born. I belive this periode is
significantly shorter because of their instincts (Fixed int = instincts).
There is no need for the extensive socialisation process humans go
through. Instincts are complexe patterns of behavior that are immediatly
aviable. No need for a lengthy learning process.
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