On 5/7/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So any entity can flip any switch?
In an earlier draft, I limited the capacity to flip certain switches
to certain entities. I decided that people would complain about that,
so I changed it to the current version, where people can but may not
flip certain switches. I am doing this for two reasons. First, I
believe players are not toddlers who need to be protected from actions
they should not perform by making it impossible for them to perform
them. The second reason, of course, is that if we are mistaken about
an officer's identity, we don't want to come back five years later and
say, ``Oh wait, e wasn't Lexicographor, e could not have flipped those
switches.'' It would be much better to say, ``Oh, wait, e wasn't
Lexicographor, e should not have flipped those switches, but e did.''
--
C. Maud Image (Michael Slone)
It is axiomatic that any position can be made to appear absurd by
taking it to extremes.
-- Kelly, in agora-discussion
