Hurdegaryp wrote:Excidium Planetis wrote:I really think that punishing the entire LKE for the actions of 1 individual acting without permission is like preventing the entire Baltimore Police department from arresting anyone for 3 months because a few cops killed a guy in custody.
Why is the organization being punished for the unsanctioned actions of one member?
They flocked under his banner, now they suffer the consequences. That's how it works.
No. The LKE did not "flock under the banner" of Bob Moran. He was a low level official without the authority to make the decision on whether or not he would use a script that violated the game rules. The leadership of the LKE consists of the Emperor, The Crown Prince, The Prince Imperial (myself), the Lord Protector, and the Prime Minister. Bob Moran was merely the Minister of the Interior who's purview was simply to naturalize and focus on retention as well as doing basic manual recruitment. He was not within the reigns of his authority to implement and use a script that violated the game's rules and he did not inform anyone in the leadership of his intent to do so or that he had it. As far as any of us were concerned, he was following the rules and just working really hard with manual recruitment.
While most of us arguing in the LKE's favor right now have shifted to the understanding that corrective intent may be necessary in this case regardless of our non-participation in Bob Moran's actions - we refuse to believe that we are at fault to the point by which we should be made an example of to serve as a deterrant. Collective punishment for the actions of an individual who made choices that were beyond his sanction and not made aware to us until this thread had been formed is unjust and regardless I will continue to defend that point of view.