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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5837817" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>Thanks for all the well thought answers all keeping in the theme of Elves vs. Humans.</p><p></p><p>I do have a couple counter-points based on history, but I'm a bit wary as they become more obvious stand-ins rather than a fantasy example of a common problem. If you're all game, we can keep playing, else go no further.</p><p></p><p>On containment = stirring up more trouble within our population ([MENTION][MENTION=177]Umbran[/MENTION][/MENTION]'s point</p><p>Many kings ago, during a previous war, the human kingdom had adopted a containment policy and rounded up all the Gnomish citizens. Most everybody today acknowledges that it was not a Good act, and that many of those people were loyal subjects. The Gnomes suffered, but did not seem to mount any acts of rebellion. Those that survived the harsh conditions did re-integrate into society and resume their lives after the war.</p><p></p><p>It's not clear from this earlier example that the Kingdom suffered any ill effects of this policy. Though its also not clear that implementing the policy actually helped (as in the Gnomes did not appear pre-disposed to rebellion in the first place).</p><p></p><p>On [MENTION=20187]GSHamster[/MENTION]'s point about social intermingling, it is my unscientific observation that the Races (elven, human, gnome, dwarven, etc) tend to have 2 stages. The first stage where the newly immigrated family moves into a village or district heavily populated by their own race and the area tends to be named after their country of origin as in Little Dwarfheim. The other stage where families have more assimulated into human culture, adopted their language, names and live within the same communities as humans. These people tend to only differ from humans by the biological differences, rather than cultural.</p><p></p><p>It would stand to reason, that targetting the Little Elftopia's are where the radical Elfists are concentrating, as these people are less integrated into human society would be possible. Remember, if the King sanctions this, he's not an idiot, he's going to have the King's Guard in position and do the round-up all at the same time so the Elves will have less time to prepare.</p><p></p><p>I think [MENTION=34175]Thunderfoot[/MENTION] brings up a good point about the news media (love the names, btw). In the past, there were fewer organizations AND they seemed to politically ally with the government during times of war. Thus, while not being a mouthpiece of the government, they also weren't in vocal opposition to wartime decisions. In modern times, one might wonder if each media outlet has its own political agenda.</p><p></p><p>That's all I got. I think the reasons against are sound. I also see the makings of a "ripped from the headlines" D&D campaign that folks are welcome to... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5837817, member: 8835"] Thanks for all the well thought answers all keeping in the theme of Elves vs. Humans. I do have a couple counter-points based on history, but I'm a bit wary as they become more obvious stand-ins rather than a fantasy example of a common problem. If you're all game, we can keep playing, else go no further. On containment = stirring up more trouble within our population ([MENTION][MENTION=177]Umbran[/MENTION][/MENTION]'s point Many kings ago, during a previous war, the human kingdom had adopted a containment policy and rounded up all the Gnomish citizens. Most everybody today acknowledges that it was not a Good act, and that many of those people were loyal subjects. The Gnomes suffered, but did not seem to mount any acts of rebellion. Those that survived the harsh conditions did re-integrate into society and resume their lives after the war. It's not clear from this earlier example that the Kingdom suffered any ill effects of this policy. Though its also not clear that implementing the policy actually helped (as in the Gnomes did not appear pre-disposed to rebellion in the first place). On [MENTION=20187]GSHamster[/MENTION]'s point about social intermingling, it is my unscientific observation that the Races (elven, human, gnome, dwarven, etc) tend to have 2 stages. The first stage where the newly immigrated family moves into a village or district heavily populated by their own race and the area tends to be named after their country of origin as in Little Dwarfheim. The other stage where families have more assimulated into human culture, adopted their language, names and live within the same communities as humans. These people tend to only differ from humans by the biological differences, rather than cultural. It would stand to reason, that targetting the Little Elftopia's are where the radical Elfists are concentrating, as these people are less integrated into human society would be possible. Remember, if the King sanctions this, he's not an idiot, he's going to have the King's Guard in position and do the round-up all at the same time so the Elves will have less time to prepare. I think [MENTION=34175]Thunderfoot[/MENTION] brings up a good point about the news media (love the names, btw). In the past, there were fewer organizations AND they seemed to politically ally with the government during times of war. Thus, while not being a mouthpiece of the government, they also weren't in vocal opposition to wartime decisions. In modern times, one might wonder if each media outlet has its own political agenda. That's all I got. I think the reasons against are sound. I also see the makings of a "ripped from the headlines" D&D campaign that folks are welcome to... :) [/QUOTE]
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