I just think it's a silly discussion; none of my players has ever thought
to get dolled up and go trolling for nobles in the local bars for a hookup.
And we've come to think of the Imperium as a fairly enlightened society, so
something like being a homosexual wouldn't even be blackmail worthy...
--
Mario
http://mario.silent-tower.org/
On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Harold Hale
[Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
>
>
> *Asexual makes the most sense, given he had to resort to the cloning. *
> *Homosexual, especially in 21st century context makes no sense. Fitting
> the whole Imperial and aristocratic nobility motif fits with a more
> historical method where marriage is part of politics, alliance, bloodline
> propagation, etc. Who one has romantic attachment to is secondly, if not
> tertiary to such concerns as duty. Pleasure even further down.*
>
> There are plenty of examples in history where both men and women avoided
> attachments and instead concentrated on their careers, including any number
> of religious leaders. You are correct however in that nobles more than
> others are compelled by custom to partner and produce offspring. Resorting
> to cloning would perhaps represent an alternative means of doing so.
>
> There is also the question of whether homosexuality or bisexuality will
> even be a "thing" thousands of years from now, given that those things are
> in part genetic, and it is unlikely that future scientists will be able to
> avoid tinkering in order to perfect humanity, not just make us better at
> adapting to the multitude of possible environments that exist in the
> Universe. Of course that also calls into question whether or not sexual
> orientations that deviate from the norm are in fact "defects" that must be
> corrected. I will leave those sorts of judgments for future generations.
>
> I think that ultimately the correct answer to "he is or isn't he?" is no
> answer--leave it open. Just leaving it open was a significant step in
> bringing the game culturally forward. If Marc Miller doesn't think
> so...well I'm not going to have that argument with him.
>
>
>
>
to get dolled up and go trolling for nobles in the local bars for a hookup.
And we've come to think of the Imperium as a fairly enlightened society, so
something like being a homosexual wouldn't even be blackmail worthy...
--
Mario
http://mario.silent-tower.org/
On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Harold Hale
[Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
>
>
> *Asexual makes the most sense, given he had to resort to the cloning. *
> *Homosexual, especially in 21st century context makes no sense. Fitting
> the whole Imperial and aristocratic nobility motif fits with a more
> historical method where marriage is part of politics, alliance, bloodline
> propagation, etc. Who one has romantic attachment to is secondly, if not
> tertiary to such concerns as duty. Pleasure even further down.*
>
> There are plenty of examples in history where both men and women avoided
> attachments and instead concentrated on their careers, including any number
> of religious leaders. You are correct however in that nobles more than
> others are compelled by custom to partner and produce offspring. Resorting
> to cloning would perhaps represent an alternative means of doing so.
>
> There is also the question of whether homosexuality or bisexuality will
> even be a "thing" thousands of years from now, given that those things are
> in part genetic, and it is unlikely that future scientists will be able to
> avoid tinkering in order to perfect humanity, not just make us better at
> adapting to the multitude of possible environments that exist in the
> Universe. Of course that also calls into question whether or not sexual
> orientations that deviate from the norm are in fact "defects" that must be
> corrected. I will leave those sorts of judgments for future generations.
>
> I think that ultimately the correct answer to "he is or isn't he?" is no
> answer--leave it open. Just leaving it open was a significant step in
> bringing the game culturally forward. If Marc Miller doesn't think
> so...well I'm not going to have that argument with him.
>
>
>
>