Re: [s-d] [s-b] Consultation, was Re: Bums

[Tyler <wisety@xxxxxxxxx>]

I ZOT the below Consultation, at the supplicant's request.

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 6:30 AM, 0x44 <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jay Campbell wrote:
>
>>
>> Playing "remove his hat" on Rule 5E29:
>>
>> "Only Legal Entities can own mackeral. Any Legal Entity may destroy any
>> amount of mackerel in their possession as a Game Action."
>>
>> Several other Legal Entities besides me own mackeral. I destroy all
>> mackeral in their possession as a Game Action.
>>
> Since you people insist on using the least B-friendly interpretation of
> ambiguous language, as MoS I do not think this Game Action  occurred because
> it involves an ambiguous game state calculation. 5e29 doesn't claim
> precedence over 5e10, ergo 5e10 yadda yadda yadda.
>
> 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 "Only 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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