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Mass Effect Heroquest 2E - A Galaxy Without Shepard

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If a tree falls over in a forest, and nobody is around to hear it...

Well, there could be a deaf logger. It is also possible that there was a long drought and the tree died. Or maybe the tree got sick. It may even have just died of old age, but that's not very likely (trees can live for a very, very long time).

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The Protagonist Plots

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So... let's get serious again. - Drug Laws?

I have a few principles at work here:

1. Drug laws should target dealers, not users.
2. Pot should be legal, but cocaine and heroin should not be.
3. Even if it's illegal, it will happen. That does not mean it shouldn't be illegal. The government doesn't exist to eliminate crime, but limit it. For example, homicide will always occur, even if it's illegal.
4. The government should have a zero-tolerance policy for organized crime. We are far too lenient. The trick is, to make drug sales economically unprofitable. It is, theoretically possible that we could legalize it and put a very malicious price control on it. Another solution would be the use of focusing more effort and funding into fighting off these criminals. If the government was as concerned with keeping the streets clean as it was with say, spying on us, I just don't really see larger gangs being able to compete.

Opinions on: Smacking; Commercial Surrogacy.

As for the first question, I say yes. The way I see it: Humans, by default, are about as decent as any wild animal; which is to day, not very. We eventually become trained to act more upright, and respect others. It is a parent's duty to most directly oversee said training. One of the most effective tools in their toolbox is pavlovian training. If a child misbehaves, he'll be punished, and overtime, he'll develop the essential neurological links which make misbehavior seem undesirable. Physical pain is one of the most reliable ways to help form these links.

As for the difference between abuse and spanking is this: Abuse. No really. A good parent would only punish their children to fulfill their duty to produce good citizens. An abusive parent has a more sinister intent; and seeks to harm their children. Now, as abusive parents are a rot unto society, decent government has no particular fondness of them. There's a few tools which they can use to identify and eliminate abusive parenthood. For example, if a child is being bruised badly, or showing obvious psychological damage, the parent either is too irresponsible to raise children, or clearly doesn't have the child's best interests at heart.

GM-RPer Relations

Phoenix said
Protagonist: So if all players want something but you're not keen on it, then is it changed? If one person bring up a valid complaint, is it ignored? What is "love" in this case? Is there any case in which love might be counter-productive?

Well, the general goal of a GM is to make the narrative of his RP go from start to finish as he wishes it. The general goal of the Roleplayer is to roleplay their character from start to finish, as they wish it to occur. These two goals can come into conflict, but it is strictly not a zero-sum game. The GM technically has total control within his game, but the roleplay has the ability to simply leave. As such, for the GM to meet his own goals, he has to compromise. It's simply in his own interests. However, if the GM has no power, then the RP will certainly go on without any rhyme or reason or direction, possibly leading to a decay in quality.

As for valid complaints, what is a valid complaint is for the digression of the GM to figure out. Again, this is not a zero sum game. For the GM to win, the RPers usually have to win as well. So, it's simply in the interests of the GM to change according to complaints, and it's even more in their interests to accept proposals they believe to be good ideas.

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