RE: spoon-business: RFJ #36

[Dan <wald7330@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > "Upon passage of any Bank Motion issued by the Tax Collector, 
> > a Motive 
> > Order is issued by Rule 319/0 forcing the repayment of the 
> > points specified 
> > from the debtor to the bank."
> 
> Recognised as RFJ#36 and assigned to Poulenc

The sentence in question in rule 319 is the following:

"If it passes then a Motive
     Order is issued for the repayment of the debt, to be performed as
     soon as possible. "

Yes, this would seem to force repayment.  However, this refers to a Motion
for Repayment, not a Bank Motion. There is a distinction.

The wording here is unfortunate.  A Bank Motion is defined in rule 317/2
and is a means by which the Player community have to force the Bank to
take certain actions, with or without the agreement of the Banker.  If the
Players feel they don't have enough points, for example, they could order
the Bank to transfer to every player 10 points.  The Bank, however, is an
agent just as other agents are and cannot force a player, outside of
rules-defined mechanisms, to transfer points.

A Motion for Repayment applies to any debt-situation, whether it involves
the bank or not.  Normally this must be done by the agent to whom the debt
is owed.  The exception is the Bank, whose Motions For Repayment are
submitted by the Tax Collector.

The closest a Bank Motion can come to forcing a player to pay eir debt is
to order the Bank to issue a Motion for Repayment.

I rule FALSE

Poulenc