Could you list a few of Erikson's works? Such as, which one I should start with. I need new reading material.
On the off-topic topic: I am glad to have stimulated such deep conversation. Obviously, might makes right is simplistic and sometimes abhorrent. But, as one person pointed out, I am an athiest, yet I am forced to use money which has "In God We Trust" printed on it. The pledge of Allegiance for the country I love says "One Nation Under God". Those are just some small examples. Religion is forced on me from all sides, yet, the majority in this country are Christian, so I am considered "wrong". And you know what? It REALLY doesnt bother me all that much because it means nothing to me. However, look at it this way. If the Roman gods were still prevalent and Christianity the minority and all of our money said "In Jupiter We Trust", wouldnt you feel a bit slighted?
there is right and there is wrong, and then there is a supertanker full of gray areas. Might makes right is the key to the gray areas.... but then again, in some countries, even the "right and wrong" are gray, even though they are not gray to us. There are hundreds, if not thousands of people willing to blow themselves up to kill innocent people who think they are right too. There are dozens of entire countries who brutalize women in the name of religion because their religion says so. Slavery is the norm in alot of these countries, they just call it by a prettier name: "Marriage". So, this brings us full circle. Might does in fact make "right". and that is why many people feel ok, even justified, in saying that I am "wrong", even though I live by a moral code that is similar, if not the same, as alot of others.
On topic: will RJ/BS have Tuon feel regret for the centuries of slavery? I sure hope not, but he might.