About the Number of Factions

[Ayem]

Humans need structures, rules and such, they can lean on, they can rely on, too much freedom is no
good for humans, most just can't handle it.

I did read the quote in the other thread, but I disagree emphatically with this. Just because people aren't used to life without rules doesn't mean that they need them. The greater the number of rules that are inflicted on people, the more restricted they are in their development. You may want everyone to be thoughtful, respectful and obey all the laws- but to attempt to force it by increasing the number of laws will often generate the opposite effect. People will start breaking rules simply because they're there. Also, if someone is not cognizant of a law should they still be punished under the full force of it? When you have a rule book five hundred pages thick should there be a death penalty for the offence listed on page four hundred and eighty three, paragraph two, line twelve: "And there shall be no looking askance at red bearded gentlemen on a thursday, for it is dangerous and like to cause offence. Therefore the perpetrator of this crime shall be lashed with the whip until death as an example to all those who look askance at red bearded gentlemen on a thursday."

Layering up the rules will just lead to the point where the "rules lawyers" we have on the server won't just be mocked, they'll be hired, because they're the only ones who understand the system anymore.

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