Posted by A past arbiter on April 15, 2000 at 10:54:58:
In Reply to: Re: Conversation with an Arbiter... no fighting posted by Little paladin on April 14, 2000 at 08:27:39:
> Was trying to picture the reaction of a bunch of normal townspeople if a 14 foot tall red giant came in and started smashing things... everyone would want to be protected from it.
That's an interesting take on it, but I think you already realized that as far as Arbiters are concerned, everyone (from the head-smashing fire giant to the pipe-smoking gnome) is protected exactly the same way under law.
Irhomqoi tried to explain that to you in that way, and your character (rightly so) seemed baffled by this. It was a good interaction in character, but out of character, you do understand what's going on here, right?
Oh, and as for citizens vs. mobs, if mobs were protected 'citizens', virtually every character on the mud would be wanted at some time or another. It's just a matter of logistics.