@o: Where were you when G. asked about terminology? 天火狐
On 25 September 2017 at 22:18, Owen Jacobson <o...@grimoire.ca> wrote: > On Sep 24, 2017, at 4:12 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > - Any player with a karma of 7 or greater is a Samurai. > - Any player with a karma of -7 or less is an Eta. > > > I am _deeply_ uncomfortable with this terminology. As recently as the > mid-19th century, Japanese magistrates considered eta to be worth “one > seventh of a person,” and - going back further - the common perception is > that a samurai would experience no consequences for killing an eta, as they > are unpersons. > > I’ll likely still vote for the proposal, because I appreciate the system > as a whole, but I’d also vote for a follow-on that modifies the labels.. > > -o > >
