RE: [Freeciv-Dev] Nationalities

[Matt Busigin <jediknight@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Patrick Schmid wrote:

#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...

Exactly.

#I think differing between nationalities would be contraproductive for a
#world-wide project like Freeciv.

My blood boiled a bit when Stalin was the selected as the default Russian
leader, and I would find it to be _very_ offensive if anyone started making
generalizations about certain civilizations.

If certain small things didn't happen, then possibly Hitler/Stalin/other
horrible leaders would have never ascended to power, and have had a
terrifying reign...

Having it randomly selected at the beginning of the game is a much better. 
With the way the Americans are treating Kosovo and the Serbians, I wouldn't
also feign to call it a "good" nation. :-)

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