At 15:21 04/11/2005, Scott Schultz wrote: > >> Aha! That's a very interesting way of putting it. Although we're going > >> to need a new vocabulary to distinguish "humans" from "humans," as > >> species go. > > >Easterner. Dragaeran. > >Actually, that's a Vlad-centric view of things and it shows how limited his >perspective is. A Dragaeran is pretty specifically someone who is a citizen >of the Dragaeran Empire. An Elde Islander or a Greenairian would likely be >offended at the implication that they are "Dragaeran", though they likely >use the same word for "human" that Vlad renders as "Dragaeran" when talking >about them. They ARE "human" but they're definitely not "Dragaeran". Vlad, >however, subscribes to this "us and them" attitude that refuses to >differentiate. He's every bit as racist as the Dragaerans that he hates for >their racism. As I remember, Dragaerans refer to "humans" as themselves, and "Easterners" people like Vlad. Vlad refers to "humans" as himself, and to others as "Dragaerans". -- Regards, Pete pgranzeau at cox.net