Ethnic cleansing

From: ian (i.) gorlick <"ian>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 17:05:00 -0400


Peter Metcalfe said:
>The only people who might try 'total war' nowadays are the Pentan
>Horse Nomads who would exterminate the farmers so their land could
>be used as pasture for the horses.

Sorry, but nomadic peoples are dependant upon settled peoples to provide them with many items essential to their nomadic existance. It is not in the best interests of the horse nomads to exterminate all the farmers any more than it was in the interests of the Mongols to exterminate all the peoples in their path. They might well thin them out a bit and free up some more land for pasture, but they won't wipe them out. The farmers are a valuable resource even to nomads.


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