Talk:Fugue Feast/@comment-3202167-20130224183701/@comment-27202257-20130224214001

I feel like it's something of an appeasement thing. This festival probably predates the Overseers, possibly even modern government, so it probably also predates the laws associated with it. I imagine the Overseers figured out,"Hey, if we let people run amok once a year, they'll be more servile the rest of the time," and decided to take advantage of that. Effectively, it's a no-holds-barred version of Mardi Gras.

Still hardly the most well-thought-out plan, but nobody ever accused tradition of being logical.