Re: Teshnos in HW: Glorantha and HQ Voices

From: Todd Gardiner <todd.gardiner_at_PCrkplZyW6PDIKy0oySLQZt7CfMSOvXEsOSVoghIcg_A3vrJs6Zybrt1saNqHI>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:52:48 -0800


On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Peter Metcalfe < metcalph_at_i4tqeEjqonq3VOY8xTqcUrHhHh2YO2XnWHS0Ax3eUSdPX7AqE-UBlyRTLXvLjkNApbI_Mgc_phN5QsoLg9I-AY0cCw.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

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> Since other gloranthan societies (and our own) are based on individual
> responsibility, I'm not seeing the ramifications you talk about. The
> Teshnans simply have less attachment to the clan as a legal entity than
> the Orlanthi do.
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yes, and there are LOTs of different mechanisms that have been developed between those different cultures.

> There is recompense for murder and other crimes, they are crimes against
> the person rather than the group.
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You suggested earlier that the act of dying was fair and just compensation.

> --Peter Metcalfe
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