It just occurred to me that Terramagne seems to be moving toward a zone structure of civilization. Imagine an offender like a ball, moving through marked areas of a playing field. If the medics have the ball, it is against the rules to steal the ball from them, because their zone has medical neutrality. Very few people will violate those rules, and the penalties for doing so are steep. If the police have the ball, it is against the rule to steal the ball from them ... but the number of people who will do so is somewhat larger. However, if the ball escapes, then it is fair game! Whoever gets the ball can do whatever they want with it, within the rules for their team. Medics, police, superheroes, and supervillains all have a different set of team rules. But they are slowly working toward agreements regarding how the game is to be played.
I think this is going to wind up rather more functional than L-civilization which doesn't really have effective ways of handling people who can't be kept in jail.
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Re: Yes ...
Date: 2020-11-18 01:42 am (UTC)It just occurred to me that Terramagne seems to be moving toward a zone structure of civilization. Imagine an offender like a ball, moving through marked areas of a playing field. If the medics have the ball, it is against the rules to steal the ball from them, because their zone has medical neutrality. Very few people will violate those rules, and the penalties for doing so are steep. If the police have the ball, it is against the rule to steal the ball from them ... but the number of people who will do so is somewhat larger. However, if the ball escapes, then it is fair game! Whoever gets the ball can do whatever they want with it, within the rules for their team. Medics, police, superheroes, and supervillains all have a different set of team rules. But they are slowly working toward agreements regarding how the game is to be played.
I think this is going to wind up rather more functional than L-civilization which doesn't really have effective ways of handling people who can't be kept in jail.