From: argrath@aol.com
Date: Wed 20 Apr 1994 - 20:31:21 EEST
Alex says:
> Mind you, I suspect that Mighty Arsehole would probably be
considered a
>generous compliment among Uzkind. I doubt they'd approve of the
effete
>American alternate pronounciation, though. ;-P
Alex also says:
>> Martin Crim in X-RQ-ID: 3559
>> > Except that there were NO cults in Prax until the Pure Horse
people came
>> > there. Remember, the PHP were successful because they had
true divine >>magic.
> Where is this stated thusly? They may simply have had
`better' magic.
I already answered this, in X-RQ-ID: 3629. And Sandy agreed with me, though he didn't catch the Pol Joni/PHP mix-up.
Re: Moral Relativism
Since this is the RQ Daily Bulletin, and not the Moral Relativism Daily Bulletin, I too will avoid replying to Sandy at length (especially since he has already said he will be unable to participate for an indefinite period of time). Suffice it to say that moral relativism does not mean "anything goes." It just recognizes that, to make a moral decision about a belief system, you ought to stand outside that system. And then what are you standing on?
Answer: I have detached myself from detachment, master.
You CAN stand on your own system and evaluate it and others.
However, what you're saying then is, in effect, "My belief system
is consistent" (and who says consistency is important?) and "From
my point of view, the Aztecs were Mighty Assholes" (which is a
valid statement within its limitations).
All philosophies are castles in the air. Most are quite explicit about their axioms. (I was going to write some stuff flaming monotheism, but I don't want to offend folks. You figure it out.)
Guy Robinson says:
>Western Cultures are underused as a Good Medieaval society
>except in the way that it can be used as foil for the Lunar
Empire
>who most people, but not everyone, uses as the protagonists for
their
>campiagns.
I'm surprised at the assumption that most people use Lunars as protagonists. I've never had a Lunar PC or played a campaign set in Peloria. The campaigns I know best have never taken a Lunar turn. I ran a Lunar campaign once, for one adventure. What are other persons' experiences and preferences for milieu?
--Martin
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