Kastro's Writing Showcase, redux

[Kastro]

(rot : removed on request)



Following my last attempt, I've written something new that is hopefully closer to the areas Tamriel Rebuilt is, well, rebuilding.
I hope it's alright making a new thread for this - Not sure whether I should have just made a new post in the old one.

Advantages of slavery
by Nells Llordo

[A pamphlet written by a Dres plantation owner, aiming to introduce the advantages of slavery to Imperial readers.]

Since the signing of the Armistice, and the subsequent Imperial occupation of Morrowind, slavery has come under fire, from these so-called "Abolitionists", claiming that this ancient, holy tradition is barbaric and cruel.
Especially the Imperial citizens of Morrowind, from Cyrodil and provinces beyond, see this ancient institution as primitive and uncultured - Quite the opposite, as I will present in this defense.

Economic Advantages

One side of slavery these abolitionists never look at is the economic side - Outlawing slavery in Morrowind would simply cripple the economy. Slaves are the primary driving force behind Morrowind's many plantations and ranches, which produce the vast majority of the nation's food, from marshmerrow stalks to guar meat.
If you were to suddenly ban slavery in Morrowind, I imagine there would be mass starvation and poverty, since these plantations which for so long have sustained the people of Morrowind with fruit, vegetables and meat will simply be unable to produce.
Slave labour is the driving force behind Morrowind's economy - To remove it would harm everyone. The common people of Morrowind, the plantation & ranch owners, and even the Imperial occupiers back in Cyrodil would suffer the ramifications.

Defense of Ethics

One of the most oft-championed beliefs of these abolitionists is that slavery is 'unethical'. Quite the opposite - Slavery is in fact a mercy upon the beast races of the Khajit and Argonians. Their minds are small, inferior and overall unworthy for modern life. Cognitively, their mental capacities have not evolved from those primitive instincts of hunt, eat, sleep, mate - They would surely perish in a modern world. As such, slavery gives them a regimented and structured existence.
Without such an easy life, where what they must do is plainly laid out, for their beast minds to understand, they would surely fall into poverty, or worse, become criminals and detrimental to society as a whole.

In this short piece, I hope I have opened the minds of my Imperial readers, and perhaps made you see the plethora of advantages of slave-keeping, and how it is beneficial to the economy, and the overall social order of a nation.

[DestinedToDie]

Cognitive is not a word I would use in Morrowind, since neuroscience/psychology doesn't exist there.

One showcase thread is sufficient. People will notice if you post anyhing new and read it.

I think you should try writing something that isn't already in the game. Gro-Dhal will probably be able to point you to a better subject, but house Indoril should be an alright one.

[Kastro]

Very well, I will delete this thread and post it in the old one.