[Dragaera] left hand right hand in Iorich

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From: "Philip Hart" <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 2:10 PM
To: <dragaera at lists.dragaera.info>
Subject: Re: [Dragaera] left hand right hand in Iorich

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> On Sun, 7 Mar 2010, Jerry Alan Sayers wrote:
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>>> My point above was that it's not obvious to me that the LH is in any 
>>> official sense part of House Jhereg - and I don't off-hand recall any 
>>> requirement for a Dragaeran citizen to be in a house if gya is willing 
>>> to do without the associated advantages. [...]
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>> [...] Quite a few cross-breeds, outcasts, and others probably join so 
>> they can  be citizens without being Teckla.
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> This is what I'm unclear on - if per Paarfi one gets a link to the orb 
> before birth, cross-breeds are already citizens in the most important way. 
> What else does being in a house get one?  Not enfranchisement.  Maybe the 
> right to petition the House rep., maybe the avoidance of administrative 
> hassles.  Do we think there are special effectively constitutional 
> protections afforded house members?
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I would think being a member of the house gets you participation in the 
politics and swings of fortune of said house, with potential to draw upon 
the house treasury.  I kind of think of it as a union to be honest.... and 
when your house is on the upswing in the cycle, there would most definitely 
be benefits.... now, back to my long strange tripel bottle conditioned ale.. 
boulevard makes some very interesting things...