Originally Posted By: popcornlover
I'm still trying to figure out why people are trying to impose Western morality on the villagers... What is all this about having them be married? It's a newly formed society and won't necessarily reflect our own laws. Let them be who they will be.


Speaking for myself, I do not "impose Western morality" on the villagers. Morality is a valve shared with most of the world's cultures and religions. Many of us have a problem with brother/sister/ parnet/child matching and having children. For some of us, this is crossing major border lines. Again, a belief that crosses all belief and cultures. And yet, whenever two villagers of the same sex touch they run away (Their the same sex!) Sounds moral to me
As a believer in the Torah, I apply its valves and morals to ALL areas of my life and that includes the games I play. Therefore, as the Guilding Hand of my villiagers, whether morality is written into the framework of future VV games or not, my villiagers will marry, will not have children unless there is a committment and if someone manages to slip pass my eagle eye, they are quickly wed off. Only if the tribe is in danger of dying off, I will permitt a brother and sister or cousins to wed.
In short, as a 50 year old woman I say this; I won't tell anyone else how to govern their villages and don't tell me how to govern my.


Edited by MochaJew (05/06/08 01:51 AM)
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