02-13-2012, 01:07 AM
(02-12-2012, 11:14 PM)Ankh Wrote: Sure it can be counterproductive, as identifying itself as a Wanderer can be counterproductive, which is what Austin was trying to say among other things, I guess. And of course it doesn't matter, it just explains some stuff, as a description of a Wanderer perhaps explained stuff for many of us. What matters more though, imho, are the lessons we came here to learn.
Here's the difference: We're not going out into other communities and announcing that we're Wanderers...thousands if not millions of years more advanced than our native friends and families. We're speaking of it privately, so it's a bonding, unifying thing rather than a separating thing.
But I could see this conversation easily turning into a separating thing, even triggering feelings of elitism/inadequacy among some. I just don't see the seeking of further delineations beyond Wanderer as being productive, and certainly not unifying.