House elves and some spoilers for Swordspoint WAS: realistic solutions

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 180988

> > Alla:
> > I never argued that elves are like animals, but I most certainly 
> > refuse to consider them to be RL equivalent of RL slaves, 
because to 
> > me they are not. By virtue of living in a different society if 
> > nothing else and of course by the fact that they do like to 
serve 
> > and belong to wizards.
> 
> Montavilla47:
> A different society from what?  My society (United States)
> supposedly doesn't have slaves at all.  So, contrasting the 
> house-elf slaves from concept of slavery in my society
> as being different is quite odd, since we don't have slaves.
><SNIP>


Alla:

Yes, that's my society for the last ten years and hopefully for the 
rest of my life as well. I thought it went without saying that 
contrast was with it when it had slaves, not when it does not, any 
society that had slaves ever, really. As opposed to imaginary 
society which has magic and house elves in it and whatever situation 
they are in - slavery, or not slavery at all, or slavery where 
slaves are not traded and do not want to be free. When I am giving 
the possibilities I am doing just that by the way - NOT asking 
anybody to use any term, just figuring out which term fits for me.

Alla