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Date Posted: 09:29:57 11/01/99 Mon
Author: GF
Subject: Re: Rules of Disorder
In reply to: AM 's message, "Rules of Disorder" on 16:48:21 10/31/99 Sun

>
>
> I had almost finished a very long,
> and excellent post about Brother
> Zarathud and our rules, but I got
> distracted with something else and
> lost the thing. Here is a quick short
> version.
> First, I have great respect for Zarathud,
> he is one of the ancient great ones, some
> say imortal, and his insistence on following
> the rules have carried the warriors of freedom
> through periods of horrible infestations of
> Order. But I don't always agree with him.
>
> The True Blue Code of Silence is there to protect
> the ones who go on Secret Missions, and those folks
> never reveal themselves, at any time to by of the
> Blue.
>
> So applying this rule to theo is absurd, since he is
> obviously Blue, and therefore, could not be on a
> Secret
> Mission. Last night, I intended to openly defy
> the rule, and continue discussing our concern about
> theo.
>
> Rules should be used as guidlines, not steel cages
> that
> stifle discussion, thought, and action.
>
> AM

Sorry you lost your original post. I'm not familiar with Zarathud; I would've enjoyed hearing more about him.

I absolutely agree with you, though. Rules were meant to be broken. That's why they call them rules!

But seriously, I agree that rules should be used as guidelines. I recently had a conversation with a lawyer friend of mine at a poker game. He said that part of the problem with the legal system in its present state is that that judges no longer use the "reasonable man rule" to make decisions. Almost all of them go strictly by the book out of fear of being dragged into lawsuites themselves. He called it "an ironic mess".

It seems that every branch of the establishment is twisting grotesquely in upon itself--and that may be the thing that finally brings its motor to a halt, at which time, of course, the Blue will emerge.

I do think, though, at some point we should make up a set of rule for this board to follow or not, and call them The Blue Rules Of Anarchy, or something to that effect. GF

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  • Only one Rule of Disorder. -- theo, 05:23:37 11/06/99 Sat
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