hohnkai: ithika @ hollow-art (8)
Thán ([personal profile] hohnkai) wrote in [community profile] thisavrou2016-05-17 11:53 am

Text/Audio/Video; open to all members of the crew except for: Kobra Kid

[On the 17th, Captain Thán sends out a text message addressing all Moirans.]

The environment on the ship has been extremely hostile, more than what's typical for us, and that has to stop. The punishment system was put into play to discourage these kinds of actions, but there have been more after its installation.

This means that things are going to change, beginning with the treatment of other crew members.

As your captains, we don't wish to force anyone to do anything, and we'd prefer that everyone learn to live and work together to achieve our common goal, but that idle behavior we've adopted is now over. All of us are extremely displeased.

We're going to start with reworking the punishment system. This will mean the creation of new positions (arresting officers, mediation officers, etc.), and the implementation of new rules.

Please state your suggestions, thoughts, and offer yourself as candidates for the new roles.


[Messages will come from all the captains.]
ryuuzaki: (L Change the World)

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[personal profile] ryuuzaki 2016-05-18 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
To my mind, the problem is cultural. We really don't know what constitutes a severe crime or a severe punishment in a given culture. The sentences I've been aware of so far, particularly those for murder and grievous bodily harm, have been extremely lax in light of the crimes that prompted them. The exception is the conditions of imprisonment, which seemed excessively poor to me.

A caveat: While opening this to broad discussion looks good, I can't say that I necessarily expect it to be effective: it's already being used as a platform to air grievances that are only tangentially related. Furthermore, while it's helpful to be open to suggestions, this isn't a democracy. I'm not sure we should bother to pretend that it is.

What do you think would be appropriate? Requesting input on a specific proposal might be more effective than what amounts to opening a complaint box.


[But it's really just that he hates politics.]
ryuuzaki: (hmm - serious)

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[personal profile] ryuuzaki 2016-05-18 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
It's going to be extremely difficult to propose enforcers of any kind other than yourselves who will be both accepted by everyone else and capable of doing the work.

It's also possible that you'll need to be much more explicit and detailed about your terms. They're simple to me and to you, but clearly not to everyone.

The slippery slope is the one related to harsher sentencing. At the far end, there are various kinds of execution, or less seriously, abandonment at a planetary stop. Instituting either or both will prompt more of this kind of outcry.