Hail Kinsmen, I hope all is well with you. I would like to take a moment to discuss our one and only rule and why we chose to make it our standout rule. Below are several points about the rule and what it means by our definition. 

*Origin of the Rule:
When Nesh Me Hanan was first founded, we were and still are a open recruitment kin, which means anyone within the kin may invite friends or comrades and anyone who requests to join will be accepted. Nesh was, in the beginning, recruitng players of very low levels (7 and under) and though we had an active kin, we ran across some problems. We were not organized and only focused on getting members in so we thought common courtesy would suffice. Unfortunately that is not possible and we had some quality players leave because of a few bad apples. At our first kin meeting( the one where we decided the meaning of our name) we also discussed ways to protect our kins integrity, reputation, and ultimately our progress. We even for a time suspended open recruitment until we could solve the problem that was threatening our kin. Many of our officers favored no recruitment except by website application and also supported a minimum level for entry. We tried that but eventually went back to open recruitment but out of all that we came up with a single rule that would sufficiently cover our problems. Respect Others.

*The Philosophy-
The rule was considered a success because we did not want to, as a casual kin, have a complicated set of rules. We thought that when you take respect into consideration with regardds to your actions, you give yourself a chance to *do the right thing*. For example, consider the definition of the word, thanks to dictionary.com:

re·spect   /rɪˈspɛkt/ Show Spelled
[ri-spekt] Show IPA

–noun
1. a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in ): to differ in some respect.
2. relation or reference: inquiries with respect to a route.
3. esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability: I have great respect for her judgment.
4. deference to a right, privilege, privileged position, or someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges; proper acceptance or courtesy; acknowledgment: respect for a suspect's right to counsel; to show respect for the flag; respect for the elderly.
5. the condition of being esteemed or honored: to be held in respect.
6. respects, a formal expression or gesture of greeting, esteem, or friendship: Give my respects to your parents.
7. favor or partiality.
8. Archaic . a consideration.
–verb (used with object)
9. to hold in esteem or honor: I cannot respect a cheat.
10. to show regard or consideration for: to respect someone's rights.
11. to refrain from intruding upon or interfering with: to respect a person's privacy.
12. to relate or have reference to.
—Idioms
13. in respect of, in reference to; in regard to; concerning.
14. in respect that, Archaic . because of; since.
15. pay one's respects,
a. to visit in order to welcome, greet, etc.: We paid our respects to the new neighbors.
b. to express one's sympathy, especially to survivors following a death: We paid our respects to the family.
16. with respect to, referring to; concerning: with respect to your latest request.

When we invisioned this rule being set in place, we focused on these two definitions of the word, which we feel everyone who plays should know and understand in context:
3. esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability: I have great respect for her judgment.
4. deference to a right, privilege, privileged position, or someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges; proper acceptance or courtesy; acknowledgment: respect for a suspect's right to counsel; to show respect for the flag; respect for the elderly.
If I can be blunt with all of you, this is what we mean by respect others. We are not asking that you abide by a set of rules, but come into our kin with an understanding that you are neither better nor worse than anyone else who is on, kinsmen or no. This does not mean you have to agree with something that you don't agree with. It does mean that you have to be respectful in how you converse with someone and neglect saying things that are hurtful, or obviously demeaning. Again this shouldn't be and isn't a tough task for most of us, but rather common sense.
*The Application:
If anyone has questions as to how this is applied, let me put them to bed by saying this rule is to be applied to everyone. Whether or not someone is in our kin should not determine how we treat them. Stealing kills, nodes, mocking others, being disruptive or spamming in any chat are all actions that put a blemish on our characters, our conscience and our fellow kinsmen. We have a community here that is well known for being generous and helpful and this is all because of you guys. You make the kin what it is, but with the success we have we must also carry responsibility.



If I have not clarified this fully please let me know and I will try to explain. I understand that this might seem over the top but to be honest, I don't agree one bit. If you are unable, or unwilling to abide by this and insist on continuing to play selfishly, you have the wrong kin. We are an open kin but that does not mean, unfortunately, that everyone belongs here.