That's a good analogy, and probably more broadly accessible than the boiling-frogs analogy I tend to reach for. Thank you.
I was on the laws committee when AEthelmearc was forming and thus needed laws. I had to push hard against the "start with the union of all suggestions" approach; one committee member, I kid you not, had assembled an amalgamation of all other kingdoms' laws and proposed it as a starting point. I and a few others were on the "only what is actually necessary" side -- some of us felt that "one sheet of paper (ok you can use both sides), readable font" was achievable. The then-seneschal had a good idea for keeping laws small that, alas, was rejected: write into the laws that each new law must be accompanied by the removal of another law (of equal mass).
We lost, and then a few reigns in somebody went wild and things got ridiculous, and of course things almost never get removed. And the corporation has gotten more and more demanding and ridiculous over the years, and too few people are willing to say "but is it necessary? how does it serve us?" to much of anything that comes down from on high. The corporation killed most of the fun for me, but my kingdom and barony were willing partners. So now I do my best to ignore all the BS and just hang out with my friends occasionally (when we're able to hang out with our friends again).
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Date: 2021-04-12 12:51 am (UTC)That's a good analogy, and probably more broadly accessible than the boiling-frogs analogy I tend to reach for. Thank you.
I was on the laws committee when AEthelmearc was forming and thus needed laws. I had to push hard against the "start with the union of all suggestions" approach; one committee member, I kid you not, had assembled an amalgamation of all other kingdoms' laws and proposed it as a starting point. I and a few others were on the "only what is actually necessary" side -- some of us felt that "one sheet of paper (ok you can use both sides), readable font" was achievable. The then-seneschal had a good idea for keeping laws small that, alas, was rejected: write into the laws that each new law must be accompanied by the removal of another law (of equal mass).
We lost, and then a few reigns in somebody went wild and things got ridiculous, and of course things almost never get removed. And the corporation has gotten more and more demanding and ridiculous over the years, and too few people are willing to say "but is it necessary? how does it serve us?" to much of anything that comes down from on high. The corporation killed most of the fun for me, but my kingdom and barony were willing partners. So now I do my best to ignore all the BS and just hang out with my friends occasionally (when we're able to hang out with our friends again).