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<blockquote data-quote="Old Fezziwig" data-source="post: 9343728" data-attributes="member: 59">I don't disagree about the rule of law or the idea that the law should treat everyone equally. My only contention is that(1) Lawmakers shouldn't be creating laws to complicate the lives of the citizenry and the operations of their organizations in ways that force the citizens etc to show who they are because the citizens can't (because of desire or questions of fairness) do it themselves. It may be that laws have this result (people on trial surely find being on trial, imprisonment, and paying fines unwelcome) or that it's somehow desirable in terms of deterring behaviors, but I don't think the unwelcome is an end here and it shouldn't be -- the laws don't exist to send people to prison or fine them; they exist to encourage or require certain behaviors that are desirable to the lawmakers (and hopefully society); and(2) Game designers might be, and it's okay for them to be doing so.EtA -- TLDR: It's bad for lawmakers to write laws to screw with the citizens because the citizens just won't screw themselves. Game designers can write rules to screw with players for that reason, and it's okay.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old Fezziwig, post: 9343728, member: 59"] I don't disagree about the rule of law or the idea that the law should treat everyone equally. My only contention is that (1) Lawmakers shouldn't be creating laws to complicate the lives of the citizenry and the operations of their organizations in ways that force the citizens etc to show who they are because the citizens can't (because of desire or questions of fairness) do it themselves. It may be that laws have this result (people on trial surely find being on trial, imprisonment, and paying fines unwelcome) or that it's somehow desirable in terms of deterring behaviors, but I don't think the unwelcome is an end here and it shouldn't be -- the laws don't exist to send people to prison or fine them; they exist to encourage or require certain behaviors that are desirable to the lawmakers (and hopefully society); and (2) Game designers might be, and it's okay for them to be doing so. [B]EtA -- TLDR[/B]: It's bad for lawmakers to write laws to screw with the citizens because the citizens just won't screw themselves. Game designers can write rules to screw with players for that reason, and it's okay. [/QUOTE]

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