Re: Some random thoughts

Heya,

In our last episode, Richard Gant said:
[snip]
>Could there also be vastly militaristic societies of Goblinoids, honed by
>the unnatural selection of genocidal warfare, skilled and organized beyond
>the dreams of the Scro?  Societies who have never known anything but endless
>warfare with the vast might of the Elven Imperial Fleets?

        Isn't that "unnatural selection" similar to what happened to
Germany at the end of WWII?  Instead of selecting the strong to *survive*,
most of the skilled and experienced soldiers *died*.  This led to weakening
of their military power, not a stregthening.  (IIRC, this was especially
noticable in their airforce, with few experienced pilots left to teach
the next generation.)  The weak who were unable to fight did most of
the survivng.

-Static

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