Originally Posted by ArvGuy
And when you create a system where the goldfish can be just as much of an alpha predator that uses strength and toughness to eat everything else as great white sharks, it really isn't easy to see the racial difference between the goldfish and the great white as anything other than a largely cosmetic difference.

Exactly my initial point.

Originally Posted by ArvGuy
Haflings are small and nimble. There's no rhyme or reason to them having just as much strength potential as someone who is half Orc.

The main counter-argument I've seen here was something among the lines of "but my halfling has been pumping iron for 10 years before the story even started".