Of course admins can't be held responsible for peoples personal problems or addictions. But they should, as pointed out have some responsibility for making people aware that it can be a problem.
Admins are people in power, and as all people in power they should be able to rule with compassion and fairness - or if they cannot do so they should resign and do something else.
All this in a perfect world.
We do not live in a perfect world however, and an mud should actually consider including a standard disclaimer that has been constructed with the help of juridical assistance. Perhaps even have a 'warning, for some mud's can be addictive and cause personal problems - if you are beneath the age of legal consent it is assumed that you have legal guardians permission.. jada jada' ..
It may come to that in a not-so-remote future.
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