On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 17:56 -0400, Sean Hunt wrote: > On 11-04-25 05:53 PM, omd wrote: > > But we don't actually do that. I don't have statistics, but as I > > recall, in practice almost all NoVs are for major offenses, and a > > majority go to trial; most minor offenses (of the sort that would clog > > up the courts) are not prosecuted in the first place. Probably > > because Rests were rarely more than a slap on the wrist... or maybe > > because there really isn't much point in prosecuting those offenses > > until they become a pattern. > As a Mao player, I'm a big fan of punishing every minor breach, by the > way. If there was a general consensus that this is desirable, I'd be all > for it.
Rests were originally, I think, vaguely in proportion, but successive rules changes made them steadily less of a punishment and more of a wrist-slap. Does anyone know why that trend happened? -- ais523
