Re: Humakti temples

• In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, donald@... wrote:
  >
  > Andrew S. wrote:
  >
  >> Of course--to bring it back to the question that launched this--
  >> if the king leans on the temple to pay wergild because a Humakti
  >> killed some punk who obviously had it coming, well, that could
  >> definitely fall into the category of "putting them in a position
  >> where they would have to dishonor themselves"--that is, *would*
  >> have to, except they'd just tell the king to piss up a rope.
  >
  > Why is it dishonourable to pay wergeld? Recognising you made a
  > mistake and paying compensation is honourable behaviour in Orlanthi
  > society.
  

As I see it, paying wergild is an honorable course of action after you've done something wrong; it's a way to correct the bad thing you did. (Mistakes are made, and fixed.)

But publicly confessing that you did something wrong, when, in fact, you *didn't* do something wrong--and then even paying "restitution" for something that you were supposed to do in the first place--and doing all of that because you're afraid of a fight?

I think a Humakt temple might very well regard that as dishonorable.             Received on Fri 24 Aug 2007 - 15:05:15 EEST