Comment by dredmorbius

I've seen much discussion of what a vehicle is, and some of what is "in" the park.

I've not yet seen (though not yet reading all 1114 extant comments) discussion of the goal and/or purpose of the rule.

Given this discussion is on Hacker News and my growing obsession with what makes this site tick (and occasionally sends it off the rails), contrast with HN's "real standard": "to engage one's intellectual curiosity" (<http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html>).

HN's somewhat famously brief and loose guidelines (<https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html>) augmented by dang's moderation comments (viewable by search: <https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...>) provide much of that.

And, in fact, reading those search results just now turned up a ... interesting, now deleted ... response by dang on this thread which explains the "intended spirit" nature of HN moderation. I'm not going to quote the full item (respecting the deletion), but this bit seems to echo my sense:

[H]aving the set of first principles (the site guidelines) be organized around "intended spirit" rather than formal precision is the best bulwark I know.

In the cae of laws, the purpose or intent is often explicitly stated. In US tradition, the "whereas" clauses typically preceding the main body of legislation.

And for this game, the posted rule would benefit greatly by a clarification as to why it was enacted and what the rule is intended to accomplish. This would also clarify, even without specifically enumerating classes of vehicles or conveyances, and/or proximity to the park which specific cases might be permitted or excluded.