thread: 2009-06-22 : Secrets: the Smelly Chamberlain
On 2009-06-25, Adam Dray wrote:
See, I argue that the social contract trumps the rules at all times. The rules are just social lubricant to make agreeing on stuff easier.
"How about, instead of arguing every time we want to do something, we agree to use Dogs in the Vineyard as our baseline for how to determine stuff?"
"Okay. But this time, I don't like the way the dice fell, and I'm asking y'all if we can just ignore the rules for a moment."
"This time, okay."
