The single hardest thing for me to do is SHUT UP (stop laughing, I know you are).
Yesterday, we had a situation on sim. I honestly can't imagine most people wouldn't have agreed with me, and many I've spoken to on a related situation have already. The situation doesn't matter however, so I won't go into detail.
What does matter is what I did. I RPed shock, horror... I gasped.
OOC, was there idiocy afoot? Damned right. However, by inserting myself into the situation, by reacting and picking a side, I made myself a 'white knight' for the person who I agreed with. Now, on the surface that seems like a good thing. Except for one thing: The stronger defend the weaker.
By choosing a side, by making my intent clear, I, a slave, defended a free person. Even with the subtlety of it (ok, I wasn't subtle, but let's pretend) I made clear I thought that a free person needed defending, and by a slave.
Others might assign fault for the RP and I'd have to agree with them. Was the idiot wrong? I think so. Was I entitled to defend a free person in an IC context? No. Unequivically no.
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Love this little guy
