We mods like to pretend that sometimes people might not do things just because we have rules against them. We might be fooling ourselves. If so, then you're right. They are only something to point at when we yell at the newbies.
At the very least they are a code of conduct that we moderators have to follow so that we don't contradict each other or behave in a random fashion. Because we have rules you kow that the moderators aren't behaving in an arbitrary manner, even if you don't really care.
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There's not that fine a line between willing suspension of disbelief and something just being stupid.
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