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<blockquote data-quote="Danceofmasks" data-source="post: 4650177" data-attributes="member: 70765">No, you wouldn't think they were evil, if you don't have a word for it.'cos those actions are simply a way of life to .. say .. drow, and they don't think of it as evil.The bunch of brainwashed fools they are, the closest concept they have to evil is probably &quot;the seldarine and their allies&quot;.&nbsp;You'd have trouble translating the very word &quot;evil&quot; for a drow.At least, before 4e anyhow.And by their reckoning of which sets of beliefs and actions are acceptable, a flipped alignment map works fine.'cos there's nothing wrong with stabbing someone in the face, I mean how else will your future generations get stronger? It's the right thing to do to someone who gives handouts to strangers.&nbsp;Right now, I suspect you're not very familiar with non-western languages, 'cos if you were aware of untranslatable concepts, you wouldn't be dismissing language-based relativism so easily.In Amoy, for instance ... you'd have trouble translating something as simple as the word &quot;no.&quot;Depending on context, you can translate it as &quot;wrong&quot; or &quot;cannot&quot; or &quot;won't&quot; but no as opposite of yes simply does not exist.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Danceofmasks, post: 4650177, member: 70765"] No, you wouldn't think they were evil, [I]if you don't have a word for it[/I]. 'cos those actions are simply a way of life to .. say .. drow, and they don't think of it as evil. The bunch of brainwashed fools they are, the closest concept they have to evil is probably "the seldarine and their allies". You'd have trouble translating the very word "evil" for a drow. At least, before 4e anyhow. And by their reckoning of which sets of beliefs and actions are acceptable, a flipped alignment map works fine. 'cos there's nothing wrong with stabbing someone in the face, I mean how else will your future generations get stronger? It's the [I]right thing to do[/I] to someone who gives handouts to strangers. Right now, I suspect you're not very familiar with non-western languages, 'cos if you were aware of untranslatable concepts, you wouldn't be dismissing language-based relativism so easily. In Amoy, for instance ... you'd have trouble translating something as simple as the word "no." Depending on context, you can translate it as "wrong" or "cannot" or "won't" but no as opposite of yes simply does not exist. [/QUOTE]

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