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So they didn't follow the rules, and bad things happened? Each of us can probably think of a time when we didn't follow the rules, usually for more minor thing

• dalke 11y ago
  It's not just "the rules", but a cascading set of rules, and deliberately ignoring or rejecting the feedback mechanisms which identity that "bad things" happened. It would be more like breaking the speed limit, ignoring the flashing sign telling you your speed, outrunning the cop car, crashing through the barricade set to stop you, not making the corner because you were going too fast, and crashing into the schoolyard, all while on the phone explaining to the press that the radar detector and speed cameras were miscalibrated and you were going at the speed limit. > "I would like to understand why." That is too complicated for HN. Why are people loyal to a sports team, and in some cases willing to overlook a coach's child molestation or player who is a rapist or thief? Why did the US switch from the spoils system to a civil service system? Why is there organizational retaliatory behavior towards whistle-blowers or those that file sexual harassment complaints? Even without a definite "why", I think these are all expressions of frequent human tendencies. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_of_reciprocity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_of_reciprocity for one starting place.