Re: Some random thoughts

>From: Static <eshum@????????.org>

>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.

Well, yes.  But, on the other hand, this was random paranoid speculation
(along with possible plot seeds) - the kind of speculation that leads to
tinfoil hats and Illuminati web pages in real life.  I think what I wrote
fuels that sort of thing better than this would:

"Could there also be lurking remnant societies of Goblinoids, crippled by
the unnatural selection of genocidal warfare, weakened and broken beyond the
worst jokes about Kobolds.  Societies who have never known anything but
terror of the vast might of the Elven Imperial Fleets?"

Of course, now that I've written that, it has a certain pathos to it.  If
you were using a "horrors of war" theme in a campaign, that might be worth
using.

Richard Gant
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that
English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words;
on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them
unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
     -James Nicoll

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