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<A title=Sonofwitz@butcherbaker.org
href="mailto:Sonofwitz@butcherbaker.org">Son of Witz</A> </DIV>
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class=Apple-style-span>So, if my theory is right, that the culture of Kim Lee
Soong was asian, and this culture is the humanity that spread into the
universe with war, and that this culture still survives in Ascia, it makes
perfect sense to think that "asian" is a much more likely source
"soulless.".</SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>On my right lay a man whose close-cropped scalp made me think at first that
he was one of the slaves of the Pelerines. I called to him, but when he turned
his head to look at me, I saw I had been mistaken.</P>
<P>His eyes were emptier than any human eyes I had ever seen, and they seemed to
watch spirits invisible to me. "Glory to the Group of Seventeen," he said.</P>
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<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Here's the thing: the only thing Severian notices
about him are his haircut and his empty eyes. That doesn't sound like
Ascians are racially very different from the folks in the
Commonwealth.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Also, Asia isn't north of anywhere. And if
Asians move to North America and live there, they will after a few generations
be North Americans. All our ancesters came from Africa and we are not
thereby Africans (for the most part; there may be Africans on the list for all I
know).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Asia is a big place. Wolfe may well believe
that different races have different psychological characteristics, but I
wouldn't expect him to either allocate them on a continental basis, or expect
them to persist into the distant future in their current form.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Gerry Quinn</FONT></P>
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