From:	Dustin Wood <cukoo@*****.NET>
Subject:	Re: Racists in Ireland?
Date:	Sun, 10 Sep 1995 13:37:14 -0700

>>Elves are legendarily snotty.
>
>One of the reasons I like SR is because it doesn't realy fall into racial
>stereotyping... "Elves are snotty," "Orks are dumb," "Dwarves
are short..."
>erm, that last one may be true, actually :)
>What I'm trying to say is _some_ elves are snotty, just as _some_ humans are
>snotty. I bet you'll find snotty trolls too. It's just that it depends on
>where and how they were raised. 99% of the Tir Tairngire elves will think
>themselves superior to humans, because their own government is making them
>believe they are. But does that mean _all_ elves think they're better than
>the rest of Homo sapiens' subspecies?
>
When I said Elves were legendarily snotty, we were talking about racism in
Tir nA nOg, a place where I would certainly consider them snotty. I didn't
mean to imply that ALL SR elves are snotty. A good example is the
introduction story in the SRII book.
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