Re: [s-d] [s-b] Consultation 193, Priest j

[Jay Campbell <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Invalid, I'm the unbeliever and the scammer.


Tyler wrote:
> Consultation 193. I assign it to Priest j.
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> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:21 AM, <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > 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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