As somebody that designed the system we're talking about specifically here, it was kind of a deliberate choice to leave it as casual and loose as we could to prevent people getting too tied up in it. Of course that didn't work very well.
Later on, when it did get more formalized, that just became another way for it to be used against people, tyeing them up in 'rules of conduct' and booting them out from any control over the structure that was being used to attack them.
I let myself get caught up in this ... I hope I've learned enough to not let myself do something that stupid again, though sadly I doubt I've managed to change the base attitudes I had on it.
Trying to let go of old issues is always a hard process ... I'm working on it though.
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Re: The Consequences of Poltics
Date: 2004-08-31 07:50 pm (UTC)Later on, when it did get more formalized, that just became another way for it to be used against people, tyeing them up in 'rules of conduct' and booting them out from any control over the structure that was being used to attack them.
I let myself get caught up in this ... I hope I've learned enough to not let myself do something that stupid again, though sadly I doubt I've managed to change the base attitudes I had on it.
Trying to let go of old issues is always a hard process ... I'm working on it though.
Brett