At 2:44 PM +0000 15/4/02, theunspokenword scribbled:
>Tarshites (especially the Lowlanders and Valley Folk) shave their
>chins but keep their mustaches - perhaps this is a sign of their
>growing identification with the Lunar Way...
>
>So, is this why JarEel is called the Razoress? I Think We Should Be
>Told. (I have visions of mass barbering of Orlanthi at spear-point,
>like the enforced mass baptisms of the pagan Rus by Vladimir, the
>newly Christianised Prince of Kiev.)
Or perhaps Davids mass circumcision of the philistines is an
appropriate thing to mention here*. Or perhaps not.
cheers
David
- as luridly documented in the recently mentioned on the rules list
'King David', by Kyle Baker. Also in the Bible, but not quite as
luridly.