Re: help, I need a metaphor
- From: Gerry Quinn <gerryq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:47:09 +0100
In article <12f9t6j6977kqc0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, pbowne@xxxxxxxxxx
says...
My character is describing a public bath for whalers. He comes from a racist
society but is not actively racist himself, so he says something like 'They
went in blacks and came out -' what?
If it were our world, he might say they came out Christians, but his
universe has no dominant religion. And he won't say 'gentlemen,' because he
is a gentleman and knows no whaler would ever rate.
In the context 'Christian' is a nationalistic rather than religious
expression; people belonging to the country. Blacks in western
societies are often - perhaps mostly - Christian, after all. Consider
also the example of Spain c. 1500. So I'd look for whatever word the
people of his country would apply to honest co-patriots.
- Gerry Quinn
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