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|    J.Pascal to William Vetter    |
|    Re: World building help    |
|    28 Jun 14 13:52:04    |
      From: julie@pascal.org              On Thursday, June 26, 2014 1:11:33 PM UTC-6, William Vetter wrote:       > On Thursday, June 26, 2014 1:30:43 AM UTC-4, J.Pascal wrote:       >       > >       >       > > What I was hoping for was a long term stable, I won't say "inbred" because       they wouldn't be, population with long term loyalties and conflicts, possibly       even raiding and warring between the various walled settlements.       >       >       >       > If the population density is low, then what reasons would they have for       conflict? Raiding for agricultural slaves? Raiding for wives?              Good point. Though even with small populations, if life is hard, it's always       easier (or would seem so) to steal what the other guy has. I can see some long       term grudges and feuds developing.              Thanks.              -Julie              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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