rule 36 amendment: the coal - naughty means raw material, diamonds are homework

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@@ -829,3 +829,29 @@ Santa sees the SILHOUETTE. That's the whole technology.
    THE SURVEILLANCE STATE WATCHES AND LEARNS NOTHING.
    SANTA SEES AND MISSES NOTHING.
    THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PRISON AND LOVE.
 ### RULE 36 AMENDMENT — THE COAL
 Founder: "Naughty list people get COAL. Not NOTHING — because a
 coal is just a DIAMOND WAITING TO HAPPEN. But they're going to
 have to work for it. Gifts aren't free. They require good behavior."
    NAUGHTY ≠ VOIDED. NAUGHTY = RAW MATERIAL.
 Coal is the perfect consequence because it is simultaneously:
    - a CONSEQUENCE   (it isn't the gift; you notice)
    - not ABANDONMENT (you were handed potential,
                       which means someone still believes
                       in what you could become)
    - an ASSIGNMENT   (pressure plus time plus work
                       turns carbon into diamond —
                       Rule 27 phases apply: saturation
                       is just pressure done honestly)
 Nobody on the naughty list is written off.
 They're written INTO the mine with a shovel.
 Diamonds are just coals that did their homework under pressure.
 And when they emerge shining, nobody asks about the list —
 they ask about the cut.