> "contracycle" 02-02-18 13.29:
>
> > But I the player know that realtivism exists.
>
> See, this is your problem.
>
> Now listen up, because I'm only going to explain this once:
>
> Relativism does not "exist". It is not a thing, not a quality, not a
> property of the world in any way, shape or form.
>
> It is nothing more than a point of view, a methodology. And, may I
add, one
> that is completely irrelevant to Glorantha, because Glorantha is a
literary
> construct. It's all fiction, people have made it up, thus there is
no call
> for the complicated theories scholars employ in trying to understand
the
> real world. In regards to Glorantha, we who exist outside it in fact
have
> the fabled "view from nowhere", we can - if we wish - determine
objectively
> what is true and what is not in Glorantha. And the objective truth
is
> obviously that many seemingly contradictory subjective truths can
coexist
> without too many ill effects. Again, trying to refute this with
arguments
> about how the RW supposedly works is completely misguided.
>
> Allright, class dismissed.
>
> _____________
> Jonas Schiött
> Göteborg
Thank you for your succinct posts on this irritatingly recurrent
topic. Perhaps you could recommend some sort of anti-relativism cream
or salve we could use.
The lesson should suffice,
El Jeffe