The biggest problem with the rules

[Thyrzul]

The conflict about punishment is that the purpose is always muddy, when speaking about morality. Are the laws in place to punish, or rehabilitate the culprit to be a member of society.

Laws are to moderate human behavior in a community, repercussions outlined in them are to deter people from committing crimes, for that they are necessarily punishments as they are more severe and thus deterrent than the premise of just a simple rehabilitation program.

Since we are playing a space simulation game on the internet, I think, we can not focus on the moral stand point. Any analogies to real life, are mute, because in real society, you can't just leave, but in Freelancer you can.

That's mostly false. Simulation is about the replication of something real, analogies in general are a necessity. And human behavior is simulated pretty well, you can see it in decisions, choices, actions, which then necessarily result in consequences. Albeit they aren't as harsh for us in a real life context as real life consequences would be, they can be pretty much that harsh in an in-game or in-community context. This community is a society as real as it can be.

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