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RE: [jboske] dragon ilks (was: RE: My last will and testament on lo'e



john:
> And Rosta scripsit:
> 
> > That wouldn't necessarily be a good move, though. You like cats; I don't 
> > But nonetheless, cats is cats. 
> 
> Granted, because of the Real World backing of _Felis catus_.  But
> dragons don't have that, and the wyrm and the long2, it seems to me,
> simply don't belong to the same natural kind, merely because they are
> both imaginary flying reptiles 

Sure. I'd misunderstaod you to be saying that a motive for differentiating
the two ilks was to solve the problem of the conflicting beliefs of
Feng Shui and Miles of Lambeth (that well-known medieval caller to late
night local radio phone-ins).

--And.