Re: Fronelan Questions

From: Simon Hibbs <simonh_at_msi-uk.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:50:56 +0100


Trotsky :

>Peter Metcalfe:
>
><< >Well, regular Telmori certainly wouldn't do [hitch their wolves to
>>chariots] IMO since it would be enslaving their totem as a beast >of burden,
>which isn't allowed in hsunchen religion.
>
> Chapter and verse? This would be like saying that the Uncolings don't ride
>their reindeer or use them to carry stuff, which would be an extremely stupid
>thing to do.>>
>
> Quite. As outlined in a previous post, I just think that using them to
>pull chariots is a step too far. Can't prove it though; that's why I said
>'IMO'.

>From what I remember the 'what my uncle told me' bit for the Hsunchen
is very critical of enslaving animals as beasts of burden. It ranks right up there with ploughing as a big no-no. That's not to say that some hsunchen can't have staryed from this ideal.

Simon Hibbs


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