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Okay, let's delve a bit into psychology here...
It's not just a question of what the rest of the world thinks. It's a question of what the elves think.
Remember, there have now been several generations born into slavery, yes? The lizardmen want the elves to come to believe that this is the natural order of society, that they're the workers and the lizardmen the masters. If you call them "slave camps" or "concentration camps," you're reinforcing the idea in each generation that the elves are, in fact, slaves.
If you go with "the elven villages" or the "sylvan santuary," you distance the elves themselves from the notion of slavery. It may sound silly, but over generations, that sort of tactic is frighteningly effective. When people don't think of themselves as slaves, they're less likely to revolt.
Edit: Fixed typos, added to the closing thought.
It's not just a question of what the rest of the world thinks. It's a question of what the elves think.
Remember, there have now been several generations born into slavery, yes? The lizardmen want the elves to come to believe that this is the natural order of society, that they're the workers and the lizardmen the masters. If you call them "slave camps" or "concentration camps," you're reinforcing the idea in each generation that the elves are, in fact, slaves.
If you go with "the elven villages" or the "sylvan santuary," you distance the elves themselves from the notion of slavery. It may sound silly, but over generations, that sort of tactic is frighteningly effective. When people don't think of themselves as slaves, they're less likely to revolt.
Edit: Fixed typos, added to the closing thought.
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