From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
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   Elaine T   wrote:   
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   >I do recall one fic she pushed me to read which had me realize there's   
   >a good way to write stupidity.  Mainly make sure it's not stupid for   
   >the sake of the plot(of the 'if they'd just talk to each other sort),   
   >but in this case it was cultural blinders-type.  Gaah it was   
   >frustrating to read, but UNDERSTANDABLE, plausible, and curable with   
   >enough cluebats.   
      
   That's actually a good insight on how to write characters/situations   
   that don't resemble you/yours.  And now I remember the remark of   
   one of the characters in Kagan's _Hellspark_, with the badly   
   "chamfered" mixed-culture expedition who were all just short of   
   each other's throats because of cultural assumptions and lack   
   thereof.  He said, in effect, "The way to get along with people   
   is to remember that THEY'RE ALL CRAZY," while pointing at himself.   
      
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