[Discuss] Rules of BM Need to be Stressed More

[Anthony Cerqueira]

On 10/31/07, Tom Vogt <tom at lemuria.org> wrote:
>
> Darfix Panzer schrieb:
> > The bottom line is, most of the people in BM think that BM takes place
> > in 2007 and the only government that exists is Republic and Democracies.
>
> Some of those days I think we should either remove those government
> systems, or penalize them considerably.
>
>
> I've seen the same things. Commoners (adventurers) being treated like
> nobles, nobles verbally attacked for harming them, kings addressed with
> improper terms, etc.
>
>
>
> >   I think to cement this idea into peoples minds there should be
> > punishments (OOC) for behaving as such and we judges should be allowed
> > to ban and fine for protests in anything from a Tyranny to a Theocracy
> > (Republics and Democracies for the most part can cause trouble if you
> > ban/fine people for reasons like that).  I mean, if everyone thinks
> > that free speech in a Tyranny, Monarchy, or Theocracy (and speech
> > constructed based on zero facts or logic) is protected by the GM,
> > there is a problem.
>
> Well, quite frankly, I believe that "free speech" isn't the problem, and
> wasn't in the middle ages. It was less what you said and more _how_ you
> said it. A witty, elaborately crafted remark about the king that only a
> sophisticated reader could interpret correctly as a deep insult on his
> mother, and that left ample wiggling room for plausible deniability
> almost certainly caused you less problems then saying "hey Edward,
> you're late" to the same king.
>
> But I've yet to see a realm where the high-ups are properly addressed.
> Maybe we should add another medal for proper sense of hierarchy or
> something?



It's the same problem armies face, people do what is most efficient rather
then what is most 'fluffy' or fitting. People are supposed to treat
commoners as though they are benieth them, but if you do that you lose out
on all the advantages they
bring. So people play nice to get what they want. Same with addressing
the higher ups, the king wants to appear a little
approachable so as to win support of the nobility, so they don't
enforce the titles.

If you want people to treat peasants and rulers properly there has to be a
real reason for them to. People used to be okay with questioning nobility,
but since the changes they fight tooth and nail. To make it
so people act properly you have to make a penalty for not saying your
majesty or inviting the peasant to drink.
The problem is how do you do it?
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