At 16:46 2/13/2003 -0800, Philip Hart wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Joshua Kronengold wrote: > > > > And to throw something on-topic into here: why isn't the Dragaeran > > empire more decadent? Near as I can tell, they've got very few moral > > boundaries...but open sex seems to be largely the halmark of the > > Jhereg (and even that seems to be pretty tame), likewise for drugs. > >Perhaps the miniscule Dragaeran fecundity and the apparently natural >contraceptive ability (where is that info from?) mean that there are >fewer taboos in their society? And the greater male/female equality? >Having fewer taboos means (I think) less necessity to flaunt. > >- Philip Your info is from Jhereg, where it is told that Humans have control over conception, so calling someone a bastard is *much* insulting than an easterner using the term. The arose during the discussion on half-breeds if memory servers correctly. W