thread: 2009-07-26 : Very Briefly about Authority
On 2009-07-30, cc wrote:
Josh,
Sure, I don't dispute that people can be so invested in their character, but it is not outside what I was discussing either. Is he so determined to preserve the character that he would rather not play at all? Because if not, he is accepting the possibility, however much he may strive against it, than quite according to the rules his character may become injured. And if he really is that insistent on preventing all damage to the character, I'm not sure why something like the proposed "take fallout" alternative would be welcomed by him. It seems to me either he is willing to accept the social contract principle that the actions of others may impose on him, or he is not. Either way, its not specifically a problem with the apportionment of authority IMO.
Secondly, it doesn't make sense to me to say that because apportionment of authority has succeeded in not ruffling any feathers it has therefore become irrelevent. Not at all, it is relevant precisely because it succeeded. The authority issue doesn't dissolve, it merely ceases to be contested. Which is Good! Like any well engineered machine, if it is working smoothly you do not tend to notice its operation. The doesn't mean the device can therefore be disposed of.
