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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8396280" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>I question the fact that we always talk about the rules "binding", "chaining" or "limiting" the decision maker. It is this constant refrain that the rules are getting in the way of your all-powerful, supremely brilliant imagination... but I wouldn't have thought of psychic mushroom people. An entire scene I am working on right now via a play-by-post between a PC and a Myconid trying to fool them would never have happened if there were no rules for myconids and their spores. </p><p></p><p>Rules aren't just "binding" or "limiting" people. They are also a scaffolding that supports people. The rules can give us insights and lead us in directions we would not have considered. I just don't understand the attitude that all rules are bad, and it is a question of how much of this necessary evil you can stomach.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think though that viewing it as a "battle" is the wrong take. Because that assumes one side is likely to find victory. And actually, the legal world is based upon precedent. That is the deciding factor 90% or more of the time, what is the precedent of the law. The question of "is it legal to do X" is not something that is decided in the moment by a decision maker, be it judge or cop. It is decided by the previous decisions, and the rules that we call laws. </p><p></p><p>Even sentencing is more complex than you are presenting here, as I'm sure you know. A Judge recieves a brief from the lawyers recommending a certain sentencing, which the judge takes under advisement. And even if the judge sentences, there are multiple appeal courts where other judges may review that sentence and change it. And many prosecutors and other officers of the law can reduce that sentence for a variety of reasons. And even without that, there is the presidential pardon. </p><p></p><p>So, the sentencing of a person is far from an decision made solely by the single judge in the courtroom. There is a vastly complex web involved to provide checks and balances. And yes, sometimes something happens that tilts one way or the other way and we don't like how it turns out, but that doesn't mean there is not a system in place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8396280, member: 6801228"] I question the fact that we always talk about the rules "binding", "chaining" or "limiting" the decision maker. It is this constant refrain that the rules are getting in the way of your all-powerful, supremely brilliant imagination... but I wouldn't have thought of psychic mushroom people. An entire scene I am working on right now via a play-by-post between a PC and a Myconid trying to fool them would never have happened if there were no rules for myconids and their spores. Rules aren't just "binding" or "limiting" people. They are also a scaffolding that supports people. The rules can give us insights and lead us in directions we would not have considered. I just don't understand the attitude that all rules are bad, and it is a question of how much of this necessary evil you can stomach. I think though that viewing it as a "battle" is the wrong take. Because that assumes one side is likely to find victory. And actually, the legal world is based upon precedent. That is the deciding factor 90% or more of the time, what is the precedent of the law. The question of "is it legal to do X" is not something that is decided in the moment by a decision maker, be it judge or cop. It is decided by the previous decisions, and the rules that we call laws. Even sentencing is more complex than you are presenting here, as I'm sure you know. A Judge recieves a brief from the lawyers recommending a certain sentencing, which the judge takes under advisement. And even if the judge sentences, there are multiple appeal courts where other judges may review that sentence and change it. And many prosecutors and other officers of the law can reduce that sentence for a variety of reasons. And even without that, there is the presidential pardon. So, the sentencing of a person is far from an decision made solely by the single judge in the courtroom. There is a vastly complex web involved to provide checks and balances. And yes, sometimes something happens that tilts one way or the other way and we don't like how it turns out, but that doesn't mean there is not a system in place. [/QUOTE]
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