[Discuss] Stripping characters of their nobility

[Robert Croson, Jr]

On 2 Nov 2006 at 16:49, Thomas Dalton wrote:

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> you question
> someone's nobility by calling them a bastard, not by saying they're
> lying about their parents nobility.

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Why not either one, depending on the situation?

If a Joe Pigfarmer is the legitimate child of his parents (both Pigfarmers 
themselves, but most definitely NOT of noble birth), but he *claims* to be the 
legitimate child of Lord and Lady Fancypants, then claiming he isn't noble 
because he's a bastard is inappropriate, as well as inaccurate. Joe Pigfarmer is 
NOT a noble because he's of common birth, not because he's bastard born.