Re: PA carried DFFGs?

I actually think it has something to do with wanting to seperate between
intelligent and animal subgroups.  I think there is a habit to think of
species as a way to denote animal groups.  Race seems to directly relate
to intelligent beings.

Eli

>Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 17:16:19 -0700
> Michael Llaneza <maserati@speakeasy.net> gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu Re:
PA carried DFFGs?Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>
>I think the whole 'race' thing in gaming is all Gary Gygax's fault, 
>dating way back to 3-book, white box D&D
>
>John Atkinson wrote:
>
>>--- Glenn M Wilson <triphibious@juno.com> wrote:
>>
>>>(Pet Peeve alert - pun intended) BTW, why do we call
>>>them "Races"?  
>>>Wouldn't "species" be more appropriate?  "Race"
>>>isn't even useful in
>>>describing human groupings in Stargrunt!
>>>
>>
>>Or IRL, given that most categories are determined
>>based more on cosmetic factors than any real knowledge
>>of the relations of the persons involved.  I mean, the
>>term "black" covers groups far more unrelated than,
>>say, Germans and certain ethnic groups on the Indian
>>subcontinent.  And Turks started out as displaced
>>Koreans (as did the Japanese), and now have interbred
>>with the peoples they conquered in the Balkans to the
>>point that you can't tell a Turk from a Greek at first
>>glance--and frequently upon closer examination either.
>> 
>>
>>Anyone who thinks in terms of "race" is using sloppy
>>terminology at the very least.  
>>
>>John
>>
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