# The Shire of the Catlings **URL:** https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-shire-of-the-catlings/724 **Category:** Fellowship **Tags:** background **Created:** [July 17, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-shire-of-the-catlings/724 "2019-07-17T00:20:27Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/dave/32/6344_2.png) [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave) #### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-shire-of-the-catlings/724/4 "2019-07-23T05:48:22Z")
# Additional Questions As inspired by [Bill](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/tosk-the-city-of-spears/716/4). > Do Catlings take slaves? That sounds like a lot of work. I mean, certainly, if someone _volunteers_ to take on burdens of a Catling’s feeding or grooming or care, that would duly accepted as one’s due. But _forcing_ others to so? That’s not only hard work but … sort of distasteful. Catlings should _never_ be slaves, and non-Catlings … should not be brought into the community as slaves, because that would be rather intrusive for everyone else. > Who runs the Shire? “Run” sounds so effortful as well as contentious. As noted elsewhere, those who have an interest get together, do a lot of inspired speaking and focused staring, and eventually come to a conclusion based on diminishing returns of effort vs passion for the cause. > What are some problems with Catling society? - Other underestimate us for our size. Indeed, some are ridiculous enough to underestimate us for other reasons. - We don’t readily come up with long-range plans. We can react quickly when pressed, but if not pressed, questions and issues tend to take a long while to come close to resolution. - Too many of us do not think beyond the immediate needs of ourselves and close kin, let alone past the boundaries of our community. [Ed. Note: The second two points make me think of the Catlings as Scots, only less energetic.] --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-shire-of-the-catlings/724)._