- sesquipadelian
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etc etc/glaringly obvious/and so on, and such <=Not redundant!
Posted by: Cr4ne Style
Taxes do nothing to affect the share of wealth, since taxes are only applied to income.
So that's not even a part of the conversation at all, so it's pointless talking about it....
"for a "best" moral to exist, there must exist the "best" moral base. If the base of morality varies from location to location, culture to culture...then there can't be an absolute moral..
here are my responses:
1) yes, you are right. but, if this is the case, then what reason would there be to not simply add this rule to the rules pages? from what we have seen from the mods who have posted here (including achronos, whom i will quote here), "this whining about "my title went down" has gotten a little out of hand." if this posting behavior is unwanted and against the rules, then a single addition to the rules page will help eliminate frustration experienced by members and mods alike.
this sort of thing happens all of the time. the rick roll phenomenon popped up, and they added a rule. the 'i can haz recon' phenomenon popped up, and they added a rule. i simply pointed out what i took to be non-contentious, that everyone would be better served if certain forms of behavior may result in punishment, that these kinds of violations should be made known.
2) yes, you are right again. they can make any rules that they would like. if they wanted to ban me for having a bnet name that starts with the letter 'S', then they could do so. but, creating and enforcing such ad hoc rules and not sharing these rules with bnet members does not seem like a fair practice, not does it seem like an effective way to promote sought after kinds of posts. if any mods are going to complain about how various rules are not followed, then it makes sense to me that they should let us all know that we are expected to follow those rules.
in this case, if they do not wish to see threads moaning about member titles, and if they are going to punish people for making them, then i see no reason for them not to add this rule to the forum rules page. we do not need to wish for an "ideal setting" to see this, a mod could just edit the existing rules page with one simple sentence.
if Spartan1089 received an official warning for whining about member titles, and if anyone else were to receive them, i suspect that they would appreciate having this enforcible yet unwritten rule added to the rules page. enforcing rules that are not published seems to benefit no one yet frustrate many.
Posted by: prometheus25
Posted by: sesquipadelian
If people are going to be punished for violating some rule, then i think that everyone would benefit if that rule were added to the rules page.
1) Sure, in an ideal setting, it would help.
2) However, it seems that most people don't even read the rules anyways. Further more, the administration isn't required to list all of the rules, or any for that matter. This is a private website, and it can be run as they see fit (granted that they adhere to the laws regarding electronic communications and publications).
"You have no rights. Play nice."
[Edited on 03.08.2008 1:03 PM PST]