[Glorantha] Re: Outlawry does not remove kinship

[Donald R. Oddy]

In message <007201c66e41$3dea6960$0200000a at malkhome02> "Malk Williams" writes:
>Donald:

>> I don't know why you think outlawry is a merciful judgement,
>
>Because it is being given as an alternative to execution, which 
>(I infer) is the crime that would be meted out to anyone who is 
>not kin in extreme circumstances.  Don't get me wrong, it is a 
>grave punishment in a clannish society, but in relative terms, 
>it's merciful.

Heortlings don't use the law to kill people so execution is not
an alternative. How they treat a foreigner is more a political
matter than a legal one and is governed by the laws on
hospitality.

-- 
Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/