Re: [spoon-discuss] Things wrong with "Junior G-Men"

[Wonko <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth Glotmorf,

> On 7/1/02 at 10:25 PM Wonko wrote:
> 
>> Quoth Glotmorf,
>> 
>>> On 6/30/02 at 2:56 AM David E. Smith wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Fourth, even if the other listed members could assent to membership, and
>>>> could make proposals, they couldn't vote (their attempt to do so being a
>>>> society rule, which defers to game rule 294). (This argument is a bit
>>>> specious, but the others should make up for it.)
>>> 
>>> The attempt of the members of the Junior G-Men to vote is not a society
>> rule.
>>> It is a requirement under Rule 578, subsection F: "All Members of a
>> Society
>>> auto-vote "yes" on any proposal the Society submits."  That means the
>> members
>>> of the Junior G-Men are specifically allowed by the rules to vote.  Even
>> if
>>> you interpret "these rules" to mean the text of Rule 294, Rule 578
>> subsection
>>> F has a Chutzpah of 2, and therefore takes precedence.
>>> 
>> 
>> I'm sorry, where does it say that sections can have Chutzpahs that differ
>> from their parent rule's?
> 
> Rule 497:
> 
> "If multiple subsections of a rule conflict with another rule, only those
> subsections with a Chutzpah higher than the conflicting rule will take
> priority over the conflicting rule. If multiple subsections of a rule conflict
> with each other, the subsection with the highest Chutzpah takes precedence;
> otherwise, normal precedence rules are followed."
> 

Rule 33:

"In the event of a conflict between two or more rules, the rule with the
highest Chutzpah takes precedence."

Rule 33 has a lower number than rule 497; it therefore supercedes it.
-- 
Wonko

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