>To a small extent, however, I disagree with Peter's blanket denial. There
>is a small cultural component to chaos, in that chaos appears where the
>normal rules of society break down. Not are bent a bit, but are shattered.
>Rape is often a cause of this, as many societies see it as a huge sin. The
>CharUn are pretty much immune to the chaotic aspect of this, as they don't
>see it as a cultural issue in the same way as, say, the Heortlings.
My blanket denial of the cultural component was based on:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroWars/message/5072
--Peter Metcalfe
>Kinstrife is a huge problem amongst the Heortlings, but other cultures are
>pretty much immune to it. One of the sources of friction with the lunar way
>is that the lunar empire encompasses cultures for whom fighting with your
>brother is normal.
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>But despite these differences, the *underlying* cause is universal - a
>shattering of society. That is the universal definition of a chaotic act.
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>Cheers,
>Graham
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>Graham Robinson
>graham_at_...
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>Albion Software Engineering Ltd.
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