Racial/Ethnic Groups in Fenspace

[Bob Schroeck]

Now I have to go move my post on the Amish over here...

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To be blunt, Pakis, Irish, Jews, Amish, Nigerian, Homosexuals.. the list could go on and on, if needed.

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Well, I meant "interesting" in the Haruhi sense, but I suspect that need and desire would work just as well as oddballness...

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The Amish in Fenspace are, unsurprisingly, quite liberal compared to their Earthbound kin, but still avoid technology as much as possible, preferring instead to utilize handicrafts and manpower, where some of us would use antigrav and grapples.

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Note that the Amish are not automatically hostile to technology. They in fact evaluate all technologies carefully before banning them (or not). The primary criterion, I understand, is whether or not the technology would have a negative impact on the formation and maintenance of the Amish community. And even then, it may not be entirely banned, if there are some uses that profit the community rather than individuals. (Someone more knowledgable should feel free to correct me or expand as necessary.) So I can certainly envision Amish ships, as long as they are large and support whole communities at once -- individual auto-sized ships would no doubt be banned except as community shuttles, because individual ownership and use would fracture the community. (Though the space-going buggy is such a delightfully twisted idea that it should be enshrined in setting canon forthwith.)

-- Bob
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