Rob Speer on 9 Jan 2003 18:37:01 -0000


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[spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Prop: de-cheesing


On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 04:19:06AM -0500, Glotmorf wrote:
> {{ _Help Stop Cheesy Rule Changes_
> 
> {{ _CRC Ban_
> 
> A proposal cannot both create and repeal a particular rule, or both enact and repeal a particular rule change.
> 
> }}
> 
> }}
> 
> Personal taste, perhaps.  I dislike quick fixes performed by creating a rule for the sole purpose of allowing something that wouldn't otherwise be allowed in a proposal.  To me, this goes against the spirit of not temporarily circumventing the rules.

So then instead of repealing the rule, you just change it to something
useless. "This rule shall then be replaced by a tasteful shrubbery."
(Yes, I looked at the AckaNomic ruleset at one point.)
-- 
Rob Speer

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