RE: [DL] Freeing the Slaves

["Mr. Christopher McGlothlin, M.Ed." <sosentinel@adelphia.net>]

At 06:34 PM 7/31/2002, Mr. Mark Chiddicks wrote:
>Absolutely - I have no problem with suspension of disbelief when the laws 
>of physics or biology are messed with, but I expect human psychology to 
>follow certain rules!
>
>i.e. I expect the Southern politicians to continue to behave like Southern 
>politicians. If I wrote an adventure which depicted Bill Hickock leading a 
>flower arranging class, people would laugh - if I depicted him as a 
>werewolf, people would approve - there's some stuff you can do in fantasy 
>that works and some stuff you can't.

         As far as manumission goes, Southern politicians in Deadlands 
behave EXACTLY like they did in real life...I simply moved their real-life 
actions back in time 5 months.
         The South offered freedom to its slaves in Deadlands the same way 
it happened in real life, only a bit sooner. If five months strains 
credibilty, then all I can say is I respectfully disagree.

Deo Vindice,
Mr. Christopher L. McGlothlin, M.Ed.

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