11-03-2003, 07:44 PM
I didnt say "raising race as an issue".
Rhydd didnt do that and I didnt accuse him of it.
I meant exactly what I said.
I think classes and races are a great part of any fantasy setting in fact. As in reality you need those background difference to drive stories and events.
It was the particulars of that case that I didnt care for. I see no reason to make such a close inverse parrel to events in recent history, which are still having a impact to day. Its not wrong per say, just unwise.
Being that most of us are in North America or are fairly well informed Europeans, I would figure that the nature of slavery in America and the long term effects of it are familier to most the readers here.
Rhydd didnt do that and I didnt accuse him of it.
I meant exactly what I said.
I think classes and races are a great part of any fantasy setting in fact. As in reality you need those background difference to drive stories and events.
It was the particulars of that case that I didnt care for. I see no reason to make such a close inverse parrel to events in recent history, which are still having a impact to day. Its not wrong per say, just unwise.
Being that most of us are in North America or are fairly well informed Europeans, I would figure that the nature of slavery in America and the long term effects of it are familier to most the readers here.