>Simon Phipp wondered
>
>> So, calling Chechens/Irkutzi/Bashkiri Russians is a hanging offence
>> (actually quite true) but it's OK to call Dara happans Lunars?
>
>Sure, why not? Just like you until recently called Chechens etc.
>communists.
>
>It's not like you're calling a Dara Happan a Carmanian or a Pelandan...
>
>Lunar is not an ethnic group. It's a religion. (Or I suppose the name
of a
>ruling empire -- you can be under Lunar rule and still be from Vanch.)
I think the ideal analogy is Rome's relationship with Italy, provence, the old Etruscan states and such in the time of the empire. To your average british tribesman they're all just slightly different flavours of roman.
Si
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