(08-19-2014, 01:20 PM)Black Hat Wrote: Essentially, yes and no. While as said previously, there's nothing wrong with saying "I do not consent", it comes with its own issues. History being doomed to repeat itself, if you will. There's consent and then there's being wishy-washy. Optimally, if you're committing an open crime visible to the public at large, you're consenting to having the cops called on you. There's no valid precedent for being offended that you got busted for stealing someone's stuff, especially not with your hand in the cookie jar (hypothetically.)Â
I'm with you on this. Either you're consenting to interaction when you RP in public, or you need to be doing it in private; someone trying to commit a crime is exactly the sort of thing that should get a response, and you really shouldn't non-consent a reasonable response ("Stop thief!" is one thing, "*casts Flare*" is quite another). I think most RPers are onboard with that, and hypothetically, if L'yhta were caught doing something criminal, I'd take my IC consequence lumps.
We don't need a community consensus or LEO RPers with blanket authority and far-reaching consequences to make that work. We just need sensible people and OOC communication.EDIT: Clarified a little.
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