Re: [s-b] Consultation 193

[Tyler <wisety@xxxxxxxxx>]

In the absence of other claims, I claim this to be Consistent.

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 12:53 AM, James Baxter <jebaxter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I answer Consultation 193 NO.
>
> Reasoning: The sentence "Any Legal Entity may destroy any amount of mackerel in their possession as a Game Action." has the singular, Legal Entity, as opposed to the plural, Legal Entities, as its subject.
>
> It is possible for the word "their" to be used as a third person indefinite singular in the English language and the use of a possesive means that, even if it did refer to a plural, it would require the consent of all Players whose mack were to be destroyed (basically the equivalant of multiple people destroying mackerel independently of each other at the same time). I do not consent to the destruction of my mackerel.
>
>> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:13:16 -0700
>> From: wisety@xxxxxxxxx
>> To: spoon-business@xxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [s-b] [s-d] Consultation 193, Priest j
>>
>> Hehe, oops. Entirely unintentional. I was just doing pseudo-random
>> assignment. (Meaning that I think of who has been assigned one least
>> recently.)
>>
>> Still Consultation 193. I assign it to Priest JamesB.
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Jay Campbell <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > Tyler wrote:
>> >
>> >> Consultation 193. I assign it to Priest j.
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:21 AM, <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> I submit the following Consultation specifying "J" as the Unbeliever: {
>> >>> Did
>> >>> J destroy all of the game's mackerel save his own? } Arguments: There's
>> >>> no
>> >>> plural subject in the sentence "Any Legal Entity may destroy any amount
>> >>> of
>> >>> mackerel in their possession as a Game Action." so the impersonal pronoun
>> >>> refers to the singular "Legal Entity". The word "their" is used
>> >>> interchangeably in English to serve the purposes of the impersonal
>> >>> singular
>> >>> pronoun, and the impersonal plural pronoun. This is not inappropriate, or
>> >>> ambiguous in normal communication, as whether or not the word is plural
>> >>> or
>> >>> singular is picked up from context. If however, the meaning is ambiguous
>> >>> in
>> >>> B, and cannot be picked up from context, then the game action did not
>> >>> occur
>> >>> as the game action requires the calculation of an impossible or ambiguous
>> >>> number. So, if the game action destroying everyone's mackerel succeeded,
>> >>> the game action did not occur due to the game state ambiguity.
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