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I was going to post in reply to a flood topic, but perhaps this subject is important enough to do so in a more serious context.
Quote:This isn't even about the rule anymore, it's about the ridiculous trend that disco has been following lately with the rules being tightened up like this. See where I am coming from?
Followed less than a month later by complaining about everyone else not playing fair with him.
Quite a few people around here can't seem to make up their minds what they want.
Where there is no self-government, the ruling authority must impose government, and that government will be by it's inherent nature a burden on everyone who does self-govern themselves, while blanketing the rebellious with an imperfect solution. That's the way human nature works. There is not a government anywhere on Earth, at any time in history, founded on any sort of ideas that has avoided this.
There is not a single rule on this server that is inherently necessary, but there are multitudes of rules that have been forced upon us all by the refusal of a minority to govern themselves according to principles of sportsmanship and mutual respect.
There was no cruise rule a year ago, but this community demanded one due to abuses and now we have it.
There was no rule against owning multiple battleships a year ago, but this community demanded one due to abuses and now we have it.
There was no 4 hour death rule a year ago, but this community demanded one due to abuses and now we have it.
There was no rule about BHG engaging unlawfuls or anyone collecting bounties until recently, but this community demanded one due to abuses and now we have it.
I could go on, and on, and on. You may not remember the HOT debates on those subjects, or you may not have been here to see them, but I remember them, and I saw them.
If you want less rules, as I do, then work towards creating better self-governance among players, and fewer rules is what you'll get.
Or the current trend can continue, and you'll get more rules.
All of us basically want the same thing from this server. The only thing standing in the way is us.
So just stop whining about what you don't like and can't change, and start figuring out how to take proactive steps to encourage more people to contribute positively to the gameplay on the server.
Or do nothing except whine, and be swept aside by the impertinent minority who are more determined to get their way (to the majority's detriment) than you are.
So, what can you come up with that encourages people who know no better, to learn better and become a positively contributing gamer here?
And forewarning, this is not a thread for more whining or debates about the suitability of various rules, and I've got what it takes to back that statement up.
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