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Someone in that crowd is likely to know of some (if not all) of these.:p
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I don't think it's too implausible that a group of several thousand people is going to just randomly contain a couple of scumbags. That said, I rather suspect that realistically in a situation like this even the sort of people inclined to that sort of thing are probably going to be more concerned with surviving/getting out of the situation than randomly indulging their dark impulses. I'd be much more worried about people acting like Kurtz from Heart of Darkness later on. A situation like this makes the idea of indulging that sort of power fantasy all too feasible. It's also something that would be easier for people to fall into, because it better lends itself to rationalization ("I'm just doing what it takes to survive!" and the like).LadyTevar wrote:I'd really like to think that SDNetters would not tolerate Rape, nor stoop to it.
He probably doesn't check the board much, if at all. However, given the some members' previous work with the Draka, his reaction could have been quite interesting.Junghalli wrote:SM Sterling (the author of the Island In The Sea of Time books) is a member on SDN, or at least he used to be. I wonder how he's reacting to this.
I meant how he'd be reacting in this scenario.Ford Prefect wrote:He probably doesn't check the board much, if at all. However, given the some members' previous work with the Draka, his reaction could have been quite interesting.
o_O Do I have to be worried about this?although by statistics we probably got a couple of sociopathic nutbars
And they are, individually, vastly more fit than we are. We're a product of a civilization which doesn't make us really work for our calories, and a significant majority of people our modern medical technology allows to live would've died in childhood in a neolithic society.Simon_Jester wrote:The advantage would tend to be offset by the fact that we'd be going up against wiry little bastards who have been practicing hand to hand combat all their lives. Also, there seems to be a shortage of authority figures capable of organizing effective formation fighters; sort of a cross between "too many chiefs" and not nearly enough. But that's just me reading between the lines.
Exactly my point. Remember my reference to "too many chiefs." Populating an island with the membership of a self-consciously raucous debating society is not good for internal discipline.Rogue 9 wrote:There are those of us who know a thing or two about formation fighting; the question is whether or not anyone would listen.
I wonder about that; the infant mortality rate wasn't 50% back then, was it?GrandMasterTerwynn wrote:And they are, individually, vastly more fit than we are. We're a product of a civilization which doesn't make us really work for our calories, and a significant majority of people our modern medical technology allows to live would've died in childhood in a neolithic society.Simon_Jester wrote:The advantage would tend to be offset by the fact that we'd be going up against wiry little bastards who have been practicing hand to hand combat all their lives. Also, there seems to be a shortage of authority figures capable of organizing effective formation fighters; sort of a cross between "too many chiefs" and not nearly enough. But that's just me reading between the lines.
Wikipedia says it was about 20% for infant mortality, and 30% for childhood mortality. I'd say one in five to one in three is significant, but not a majority. But the information on Wikipedia doesn't seem to be sourced, so take that with a couple grains of salt.Simon_Jester wrote:Exactly my point. Remember my reference to "too many chiefs." Populating an island with the membership of a self-consciously raucous debating society is not good for internal discipline.Rogue 9 wrote:There are those of us who know a thing or two about formation fighting; the question is whether or not anyone would listen.
I wonder about that; the infant mortality rate wasn't 50% back then, was it?GrandMasterTerwynn wrote:And they are, individually, vastly more fit than we are. We're a product of a civilization which doesn't make us really work for our calories, and a significant majority of people our modern medical technology allows to live would've died in childhood in a neolithic society.Simon_Jester wrote:The advantage would tend to be offset by the fact that we'd be going up against wiry little bastards who have been practicing hand to hand combat all their lives. Also, there seems to be a shortage of authority figures capable of organizing effective formation fighters; sort of a cross between "too many chiefs" and not nearly enough. But that's just me reading between the lines.