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Originally Posted by falkun
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And now we're back to getsome's comment that your examples are utter bullshit. This is a game with rules and no real property is damaged because of someone's in-game actions. Thus getsome's NFL example is much more appropriate: you break an NFL rule on the field, your team backs up 10 yards, you don't wear your pink sweatbands during breast cancer month, the commish fines you (individually)
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In getsome's NFL analogy the rules are also clearly spelled out for each specific situation. We do not enjoy the luxury of such clearly defined rules to govern this specific situation. (If there are clear sentencing guidelines for this situation, then I am unaware and would amend my arguments in light of them).
My analogy was used for a very specific reason. That is, this appears to be a novel situation in which punishment precedence seems opaque at best. It stands to reason, that perhaps there is a preexisting concept that has already been well-developed that we may draw from. It is a cop out to think that just because it's a "game" that the concept cannot be applied.
Is my example necessarily more valid than any of the others presented? Emphatically, no. It was presented as material to consider and ruminate upon so that the discussion might be better equipped to handle the situation by understanding analogous concepts.