> > There is no cultural relativity in what is chaotic.
>Can we say that? Let me try a f'rinstance:
>Treason is chaotic, yes? We can all agree on that? (Krjalk, God of
>Traitors and all of that?) But the definitions of "treason" will,
>*necessarily*, vary from one culture to the next.
The core action is the same.
>But a particular, specific action--say, telling your overlord, "Screw
>you--I'm not going on that mission unless you do something about my
>taxes"--might be treasonous (and thus chaotic) in one place,
Which is not treason anywhere but falls under the definition or mutiny, rebellion or striking.
>and
>non-treasonous (and thus non-chaotic) in another. A Malkioni who does
>that might turn into a broo; a Sazdorfi faces no such risk.
Traitors do not turn into Broos for Thed is not the Goddess of Treason.
--Peter Metcalfe
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