As I said, I agree that Miqo'te tribes more than likely would not do this on a global scale. But we can't discount the possibility that a few Nunh or even a whole tribe of Miqo'te may participate in finishing off ex-Nunhs' children, and it be completely normal to them. Foreign societies' opinions of their traditions doesn't seem like a legitimate excuse for them to stop, considering the Miqo'te societies represented in game share a common disregard for other societies' values. (Ie: Couerlclaws, Drakes, etc)
(02-22-2014, 08:35 PM)Norna Wrote: ...the other races would have the perfect excuse to eradicate the Miqo'te together and then mistreat the surviving remnants (and then go back to hating each other).This supposes that the other races (on a large scale) have a violent opposition to this theoretical cultural norm. What if the other races aren't bothered by it? It's something that I'm sure many real life cultures would find abhorrent, but you have to remember that they aren't us. What bothers us, might not bother them. I'll use homosexuality as an example. Regardless of what anyone's personal views are on homosexuality, no one can deny that there are some populations of people in this world who think homosexuality is a terrible thing. However, in Eorzea, homosexuality is pretty commonplace and seems to be a wholly accepted practice in lore.Â
(02-22-2014, 08:35 PM)Norna Wrote: ...they would likely not break some of the largest social taboos without some NPC rallying against them (and their allowed presence in the city-states).Again, we're not given a lot of lore to accurately judge what is taboo. As was kind of my earlier point, the miqo'te tribes mostly seem to want to keep to themselves. Gridanians are seen by outsiders as snobby, racist tree huggers. Ul'dah is a cesspool of greed, sodomy, and all manner of sins. Lominsans pillage, pirate, and plunder without a second thought. Where are we drawing this baseline of what's wrong and what isn't? Whose values are we holding Miqo'te societies accountable too - the xenophobes, the vultures, or the axe-murderers?
