your commandments!!

[ErikEst]

(18 February 2013, 22:28)HideandSeek Wrote: I personally believe a serious catastrophic event in which society is broken would have many ''ups'' to it.One being, The rules you can begin to lay down, like your very own Ten Commandments but obviously this can lead to people being power hungry. How do you think the law system would be run in your ''tribe'' if you had a say. Would you give the death sentence?, How would you punish Rapists and pedophiles? and finally would you allow the Eldars of the group to have the last word?.
Sorry for a bit of a in-depth questions, just curious
HideandSeek

it is the wide topic really. these questions will not rise immediately, probably not even during the second generation of survivors. first two or more generations will most certainly live by law of jungle.

depending on the type of disaster the moral questions will be actual again when people will start gathering in families, groups, tribes and local communities. until then none would care about raping and killing, that would be just the part of the clans or newly developed tribe's wars.

there would be no pedophilia as we know it now. rape of the underaged from outside will be considered as the attack to the family, clan or community. inside family perverse activity most probably would be close guarded secret because families would have to be closer together in order to survive.

imo death sentence would not even be called like this. killing will be a part of ordinary life. you have stole something from my family, you'll be dead by tomorrow. i know two hundred years ago on some of our islands there was punishment by death for stealing without the court of justice. people of that times were quite well aware about concept of bad and good things. and still they dig the thieves in the field from neck down and let the horse with the plow decapitate them.
harsh times call for harsh acts.

and i think there will be no "Eldars" for the first three or four generations. only when the life stabilizes enough, then people will start gather around the wise and experienced leaders.