[MUD-Dev] Declaration of the Rights of Avatars

[Matthew Mihaly]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Raph Koster wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mud-dev-admin at kanga.nu [mailto:mud-dev-admin at kanga.nu]On Behalf Of
> > Travis Casey
> > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 1:23 PM
> > To: mud-dev at kanga.nu
> > Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Declaration of the Rights of Avatars

> A sense of responsibility?
> 
> A coworker and I got into a argument over this. Let's say you publicly say,
> "Hey, my empty lot is now open to the public, anyone can squat there!" In
> the real world, you can actually get in trouble for not providing adequate
> sanitation. You'd certainly be reviled as an insensitive slob for kicking
> the squatters off. The sense here is that by making the invitation, you are
> entering into a social contract with the people who may or may not come by
> and use the empty lot.

You know, the real world actually takes it one step further than that. You
can be held responsible for things that happen to trespassers on your
land. Case in point: Growing up, we used to get these irritating, drunk,
redneck snowmobilers (I grew up in a small midwest town) tearing through
our woods, scaring the wildlife and whatnot, but it definitely would have
been illegal to string barbed wire at neck level to nail them as they came
through.

> *unless ANYONE can pay to be a wiz*
> 
> Of course, one of the other articles says that being a wiz isn't something
> you can get just by paying for it.

It's good enough for American politics, apparently.

--matt




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