That would have been a good direction to go, and I think it's still salvageable if we want to go that way.
I think we need to take the laws we have here, and do some editing to fit the situations we've found ourselves in as of late. I don't feel comfortable having the power, or giving the power to anyone else, of handing down something like a death sentence for a crime. I think that people have a strong sense of right and wrong and if we can build laws/bylaws/rules/regulations etc and systematize it based on what we have in front of us as well as varying comfort levels we can come up with something.
We'll figure it out, that I have no doubt of. It's just a matter of figuring it out in a timely manner before the guy in the basement rots, or before people start going on a rampage around here. And what can I say, my ass is pretty awesome.