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Originally Posted by davem
At some point, simply allowwing everything which is logically possible will completely transform Tolkien's world into a Warcraft clone.
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My point was that anything which is logically possible should be permissible, but subject to it being credible within the bounds of the world that Tolkien presented us with (hence, Dwarf-Hobbit marriages would be possible in theory, but extremely rare in practice). Although I cannot imagine how such a "rule" could be enforced that in a game such as this.
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Originally Posted by davem
... to enter M-e with the attitudes, values & sensibilities of a twentieth century person is to change it. One has to adopt a certain mindset, behave & think in a certain way, or one is going to destroy the world.
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Then again, values, sensibilities and "moral compasses" may have changed, but that does not mean that things which are acceptable now but which were once frowned upon did not previously exist. And how can someone "change their mindset" with regard to a fundamental aspect of who they are (eg, sexuality)?