[Spoon-business] Whoops.

[Phil Ulrich <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bugger it, I'm doing it anyway; if it doesn't work, so be it.  I submit 
the following CFJ:

{{
__Whoops (-0)__

Statement: We didn't -really- mean for Administrator to appear in the 
important parts of
rule 0.

Analysis: One of the methods of going into a State of Emergency, 
according to r0, is:
"The failure of, or absence of, the person recognized as performing the 
administrative
duties of the Game (hereafter in this rule known as "The 
Administrator") for a period of
seven days."

Thus, clearly, the rule takes into account that the Administrator could 
possibly be
absent. However, the rule then contains the following two sections:

"When the value of the Pause is 5, the Administrator will gather all 
submitted Refresh
Proposals into a Ballot on which players will vote." and "The Refresh 
Proposal selected
is implemented by the Administrator."

These parts of the rule fails to take into account that the 
Administrator may be absent
for long (or possibly) indefinite periods of time. This is somewhat of 
a contradiction,
as the rule is both accounting for and not accounting for Dave's 
presence.

The plaintiff suggests that the presence of the word "Administrator" in 
those two sections of
r0 is a typo, made out of typing habit, and that the intention was 
actually
"Emergency Co-ordinator" and the rule should be interpreted as though 
"Administrator"
was replaced with "Emergency Co-ordinator." This is within the judge's 
power, as r127
declares that "[the judge's] ruling shall dictate the manner in which 
the rules are
interperted..."

[[Hm, did anyone notice I can name pretty much anyone the defendant, 
including people who are
in no way related? Not that I will.]] I name Dave the defendant for 
Whoops (-0), meaning
that Zarpint needs to choose a judge.
}}

--Phil
=======================================
"Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me 
because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a 
quarrel with mine, though I have not quarreled with him?" - Blaise 
Pascal

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