Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Nationalities

[Martin Willemoes Hansen <mwh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Is it really a good idea to implement differences between nationalities?
> This just produces stereotypes and prejudices.
> For example:
> The Germans would be probably very aggresive (2 world wars), the French
> perhaps too (Napoleon), Russians would be also on the bad side (Stalin...),
> Chinese perhaps too (human rights),...
> And there would be some "good" nations, e.g. the Americans...

Yes, thats how civ I and civ II has done it .. so if we realy wanted to
follow the rules tigthly, then we should make it like that. Luckily
Freeciv is an improvement over civ I and civ II where we only take the
good things and leave the bad things behind, and that is what I would do
in this case. Avoid prejudices and the creation of stereotypes.
 
> I think differing between nationalities would be contraproductive for a
> world-wide project like Freeciv.

Indeed.

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Best regards

Martin Willemoes Hansen

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