[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Old Papa Rich [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] coolmike699 This is how rules work. You can't have rules (any rules, be it the law, corporate policy, school behavioral guidelines) without people discussing their limits. It's just not possible. You can make idiotic assumptions and whine all you want. I don't care about your feelings. Wah, wah, wah, you have to think. I'm going to ask all the questions I want, thanks. Because this is how rules are made, through people asking what they can or can't do and enforcers answering. [/quote]Here's the thing. You aren't involved in making the rules. So how they are made is not relevant. Bungie has a specific culture they are trying to create and maintain with these rules. It is their design, not a democratic process. The rules are formatted the way they are for a few reasons. Simplicity is prefered. As Recon pointed out, we've been on the other side of his spectrum before. It was unpleasant for both sides. The community is not burdened with keeping track of all the minor subsets of rules, just a broad view of behavior. It is then up to each individual to use common sense and their own power of observation to comply. Will some people be slapped on be wrist because of this? Sure, but it's much easier on the community as a whole. Moderators are chosen because they seem to have a grasp on the common sense Bungie is shooting for. The simplicity of the rules allows for some minor inconsistencies which are bound to arise. You cannot have total uniformity in judgement. Please do not accuse anyone of making idiotic assumptions or whining. Neither is taking place. It is just being explained to you as clearly as possible. If this does not suffice, well then, there is always the trial and error method. That or make your own site.[/quote] I have never asked for perfection. As I have said (and you have ignored me saying) many times, there are inconsistencies even when dealing with laws where people's freedom or even their lives are on the line. So I don't expect perfect consistency here, either. But the mods here can be all over the place with their enforcement. People can get banned for posting things that mods themselves post. Just because I am not involved in making the rules doesn't mean that I can't question them. Bob was assuming that we are questioning the rules not because that is how rules have been treated since the dawn of time, but because we want to exploit them. It's the online version of saying "I didn't lose that race because I didn't train as hard as my opponent. The referee likes my opponent better/ my opponent cheated/ these officials are blind" without any evidence.