[LMB] TSK:B Why Fawn was considered a fool

[Elizabeth Holden]

--- "Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan"
<tora.smulders at gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually, I think the point Pat made is key -- the
> society in which Fawn grew up is not the kind 
> that prizes innovation.  The Lakewalkers
> may more, but I'm not sure about that either.  

I suppose talking about evidence from Legacy here
would be bad form?

It's frustrating - I'd like to take part in the
text-based discussions but it's hard to discuss
Beguilement without information from Legacy bleeding
through in such a way as to colour my comments.

> The entire world tends
> to be more conservative and hide-bound, I think,
> than flexible.

I see no flexibility at all. Total stasis.

> -Tora, been trying to be on-topic lately, but afraid
> I'm a bit obsessed with rambling on about my son.  

Not a bad thing to be obsessed by. I meant to comment
on your previous message about his looks: please don't
come down hard on him for being beautiful. It isn't a
bad thing, even if you are embarrassed, as a proud and
loving mother, to be so aware of it.  I know too many
people who have learned to be ashamed of their looks,
for one reason or another - often because they are
afraid of their own beauty, as if they are doing
something wrong. I think good looks should be
appreciated, just as all looks should be appreciated, 
and that a fear of vanity can make a person
self-conscious in a way that is much more damaging to
the personality than the vanity itself.

This is not to say that he should be allowed to take
advantage of others, but that's a separate issue.

namaste,
Elizabeth