On Feb 15, 2006, at 1:17 PM, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: > Maximilian Wilson <wilson.max at gmail.com> > Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info > 02/15/06 09:59 AM > > To > dragaera at dragaera.info > cc > > Subject > Re: Speculations about Sethra and the Lavodes (Was RE: TEST) > > > > >> That's not all we know. IIRC Paarfi comments at one point that, >> pre-Interregnum, mixed-breeds were more common because modern >> contraceptives weren't available. Given the developments in sorcery >> since the Interregnum, I'd call that evidence in favor of >> contraception being sorcerous in nature. It certainly implies that >> it's not simple biology at work. > > There it is. Page 66 of /FHYA/ (trade paperback). > "If because of an excess of love, or an insufficiency of precaution > in the > heat of a moment of passion, a child is born to lovers who cannot > marry > because one or the other (or both!) were born into the wrong house..." > > "Insufficiency of precaution" does strongly imply contraception of > some > variety. Sorcery is not even hinted at here, however. > > In any case, the rythm method is considered contraception by some. > So we > don't know for sure. > The technical term for people who count on contraception via the "rhythm method" is "parents".