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When do rules apply?
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Fred
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Uso Tasuki, the rules you are interpreting is being taken in such a rigid manner that you defeat your own point of view - and do so in a truly ridiculous manner.
The matter to be discussed are the methods of FTL travel. We have fold, warp and wormhole types. Variants can be conceived within those three sections - Wes merely does not want any new ones to be hatched up for the moment... for reason which were established in the other thread which was actually reserved to this discussion.
Bring your discussion and further posts to that previous topic. You're coming very close to what I consider spamming.
The matter to be discussed are the methods of FTL travel. We have fold, warp and wormhole types. Variants can be conceived within those three sections - Wes merely does not want any new ones to be hatched up for the moment... for reason which were established in the other thread which was actually reserved to this discussion.
Bring your discussion and further posts to that previous topic. You're coming very close to what I consider spamming.
This is something that's covered in any basic high school law class - 'letter of the law' versus 'spirit of the law'.
Sure, the law may say something, and the law should be concrete. However, there are cases in which a strict following of the law is not the best way to go. In this case, a judge would try and come up with a ruling based on what the law intends, rather that what is written down on paper.
For example, someone speeds on the highway and is given a ticket by a police officer. However, this person was driving their wife, currently in labor, to the hospital. Thus, any reasonable judge would rule that the ticket doesn't have to be paid, due to extenuating circumstances; the law's intention was not to delay the driver, but to keep the roads safe
So what we have here is 'letter of the rules' versus 'spirit of the rules', and that's even more important here, because a strict reading of the rules would render basically everyone on the site a rulebreaker.
Sure, the law may say something, and the law should be concrete. However, there are cases in which a strict following of the law is not the best way to go. In this case, a judge would try and come up with a ruling based on what the law intends, rather that what is written down on paper.
For example, someone speeds on the highway and is given a ticket by a police officer. However, this person was driving their wife, currently in labor, to the hospital. Thus, any reasonable judge would rule that the ticket doesn't have to be paid, due to extenuating circumstances; the law's intention was not to delay the driver, but to keep the roads safe
So what we have here is 'letter of the rules' versus 'spirit of the rules', and that's even more important here, because a strict reading of the rules would render basically everyone on the site a rulebreaker.
FM is correct, and he's using the terminology I draw from (thank you constitutional law classes).
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ArsenicJohn
This is actually relevant. Are we supposed to follow the spirit of the law or the letter of the law? I am in favor of following the spirit because the reason for having rules is more important. The attitude lately seems to favor using the letter of the law to find loopholes and get away with breaking rules.
An example would be if someone were to say something like "Person A is an idiot" it's against the rules. However, if you say "Man this site is full of idiots" you may not receive the same punishment or any punishment at all. Both instances are wrong and should be punished equally.
An example would be if someone were to say something like "Person A is an idiot" it's against the rules. However, if you say "Man this site is full of idiots" you may not receive the same punishment or any punishment at all. Both instances are wrong and should be punished equally.
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