| From: | Kama kama@*******.net |
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| Subject: | Aussie Question [OT] (Kinda) |
| Date: | Wed, 17 Feb 1999 13:55:20 -0500 (EST) |
> According to Scott Wheelock, at 12:41 on 17 Feb 99, the word on
> the street was...
>
> > On a related note, what the heck does "breeder" mean, in 2050s
> > parlance? I know it refers to humans, but I'm not sure if it means
> > anything special. Tusker, that's pretty obvious. Dandelion-eater,
> > that's easy enough to grasp. But breeder...there must be something
> > blatantly, glaringly obvious that I'm missing. Enlighten me, please.
>
> I never really understood that insult, especially because it's supposedly
> used by orks -- the race that gets four or six kids at once... Perhaps it
> refers to humans being the largest race (numbers-wise), and thus could be
> seen as having "out-bred" the others? (Which, BTW, is very illogical
> reasoning.)
>
I think it is in the Shadowrun 2 book, in the discussion about gangs that
the terms has it's origin. (I apologize if the citation is incorrect, I'm
at work and can't check it.) Anyways, the discussion is about the differnt
types of gang members, such as "warriors". One of the groups refered to is
"breeders" who are generally attractive people with no real fighting
ability whose primary person is to provide recreational opportunities to
current gang members and children who become the next generation of gang
member. There is very definately a hard edge to the term (i.e."only a
breeder") as such people are generally considerd to be easily replaced.
Kama
