Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4190137-20130705115545/@comment-4190137-20130706094845

Zjzr wrote: Actually, i am OK with the negations of Jury votes IF it has an effect on that particular season (Hawaii and Cuba if Kaitlyn was somehow put in the Jury). The difference, the following:

1. Max when he became a Jury member and done his duties, he never violated any rules yet.

2. He only made a sockpuppet account after he fulfilled his Jury duty. I think if a person didn't violate any rules during/before he made Jury duty, I think he must be relieved from it and would let his Jury vote stay regardless of any future violations.

That is why I think the Jury vote should be kept for Max unless this is just a one-time thing that wouldn't be done in future seasons.

I've never ever said that it was or that there should be a rule that cheating will result in jury votes being removed. Just in this instance, it's a one-off sanction, it doesn't have to be repeated in the future should it not be a unanimous vote, where removing the jury votes will not change the result.

In this case, removing the jury vote: 1. Will not change the result, 2. Remove Max of his privileges, 3. Punish the offender. So with common logic, you can ask yourself, why not?

If it's just going to be a one-off sanction in this circumstance then there is absolutely no reason not to do it. Think of it like how with law, stealing something doesn't automatically mean you're gonna be sentenced for a certain set time, the sanctions are decided after the crime is committed, not before. So there this doesn't have to be a set rule, just a type of sanction.