Sev's Family Tree

James Wynn · 28 Jan 2011, 19:36 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:36:26 -0600
Subject: (urth) Sev's Family Tree
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> Gerry-
> My reasoning here is that the alzabo part is driven the same way by 
> its instincts to protect its prospective prey from other predators.  
> Maybe it didn't make the most logical call with regard to its own 
> survival, but hey - it's an animal!  Nothing in Becan's actions hit 
> the button that said "alzabo-unfriendly behaviour".

eh...okay. I still think its a bit selective to say "Becan only wants 
his family devoured because the animal is using the human personality as 
a tool" and then say "When the alzabo gets killed protecting Becan's 
family, the animal just made a miscalculation." Isn't it just as 
arguable that Becan was confused about the reasonableness of reuniting 
his family in the animal and the used the animal fighting instincts as a 
tool to protect them?

u+16b9

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