From: MOBTOTRM@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Date: Sat 16 Apr 1994 - 13:40:49 EEST
Sandy opines:
> In any case, the majority of sorcerers that would be met by a
>theist would be weirdos or hired thugs. Not a comforting crew.
> To continue along this line of reasoning, I do NOT think it
>applies to Lunar sorcerers, whom I believe are mostly Bad Guys (this
>despite the fact that I am, in general, a Lunar simp). First off, the
>basic culture of Peloria is a theistic one. Hence, someone who
>becomes a sorcerer and thus abandons his Solar roots is almost
>certainly doing so for selfish, power-gaining reasons, rather than to
>Serve The Invisible God, as among the Malkioni.
Strangers in Prax features a Lunar sorcery-user, and a very nice chap he is too. He even has a pet dog.
Sandy further opines:
>Second, the exceptions to this, wizards from the sorcery-using culture of the
>Carmanians, are Bad Guys anyway, because the Carmanians in general
>are not very nice people.
Geoff Watson asks:
>>I'm curious, is this a Relative judgement or absolute statement? ;-)
>>Could any culture survive if every member was No Good? I'm reluctant to tar
>>all Carmanians with the same black brush.
I'm sure Sandy is just taking the piss here with his rampant generalised prejudice against the noble folk of Carmania (at least I hope he was...)
>"Bad guys anyway... (because) ...not very nice people"
Y'know, this is exactly what the Carmanians say about those ignorant barbarian heathens down in Talastar. Or the Esrolians about Grazers, or the Grazers about Esrolians, or the English about the French. Need I go on?
MOB
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