Off Topic > Off Topic
Several Questions: Is "no loopholes" a good rule?
kongo:
if i have a rule that says "don't be a richard" in my video game server u can bet ur stuff im also telling people dont try loopholing it
however this is the extent of that being a rule that should exist
Marios:
--- Quote from: Nonnel on October 10, 2017, 10:03:27 AM ---It's a lot easier to just be more specific with your original rules.
--- End quote ---
Not quite. Think about it; instead of carefully writing your rules and making more rules for special situations and exceptions and carefully writing those rules, why not slap the one-rule-fit-all (in theory) "No Loopholes"?
Nonnel:
--- Quote from: Marios on October 10, 2017, 12:23:52 PM ---Not quite. Think about it; instead of carefully writing your rules and making more rules for special situations and exceptions and carefully writing those rules, why not slap the one-rule-fit-all (in theory) "No Loopholes"?
--- End quote ---
Because making a rule impossible to misinterpret is less hair brained than making a "no misinterpreting my rules" rule
Marios:
--- Quote from: Nonnel on October 10, 2017, 12:28:38 PM ---Because making a rule impossible to misinterpret is less hair brained than making a "no misinterpreting my rules" rule
--- End quote ---
Correct. Your base argument, however, was that writing the rules better is "easier," which is untrue. Think of it like dealing with life problems Vs. drinking alcohol to forget them.
Maxwell.:
--- Quote from: Marios on October 10, 2017, 12:36:23 PM ---Correct. Your base argument, however, was that writing the rules better is "easier," which is untrue. Think of it like dealing with life problems Vs. drinking alcohol to forget them.
--- End quote ---
easier because in future people will have a harder time playing loopholes with your rules
what did you not understand