Announcement Regarding Rule 1.2

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I thought long about replying here, what with me being a relative newcomer and everything, and then I realised that exactly this caution is the reason that the Admins have probably made this anouncement.
I will not elabourate any points already made, but I wanted to write some thoughts down.

During and after the french Revolution lived somebody who was quoted to say :
Allowed is what pleases while not harming yourselfe or others.

Everybody is talking about Freedom nowadays, about rights, Votes, commitment. But a community is - in on form or the other - only as *free* and as just as the members it consists of. And a Leader or the people in power must know that and try to steer the community, or normal human entropy will be the force working to desintegrate the community. Greed, avarice, envy, hate... we are our own worst enemies and always will be.

I wondered about the Admins, about rule mongering and sanction wars. And decided to play this game. Because of the flair, because of the shady places and explosive conflicts, because of the people I met who struggled on while trying to dream theiy very own dream on Disco, and telling others about it. And I tried to evade TroubleTrolls as far as possible.

As I see it you always have the choice. The ability to choose between constructive work and destructive capabilty.
But if somebody starts talking about *good* or *evil* , they start being manipulative.
Laws will be broken, power will be abused.
Its normal, has always happened and always will happen. And it takes an awful lot of work and dedication in RL to only START working against human entropy. While this still is a game...

A game / to game / gaming : playing at a series of actions to train and learn for later life

So : The argument that *this is a game* to abuse , cheat , manipulate ... nope, thank you. Not enough.
Neither in RL nor in any other universe I choose to *live* in.

Be creative, be constructive. Play WITH others, not against them. Try out roles like underdog, like supporter, like rebel, or even hopelessly unsocial drug addict and guntrigger junky *cough*.
But remember : others have the same goal. And only if we all do not forget that its NOT *all about me* can this community realy live.

To Admins : I trust you put enough blood, time and sweat into this universe. Ceep it up, will you ?
I trust your motives , so I must trust you. And I suppose I do. Enough to be playing with you all, after all ;-)
I do not suppose that I have to quote things like *who observes the observers* and so on, or this Server would never have lived so long. So, 2 cents out.

Thank you for caring.

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[TAZ]pope residing at the Brunswick Shrine and Service Station. May HER blessing be upon you.