Re: [s-b] [s-d] Oracle Report 26/07

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On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 03:55:49PM -0400, Peter Cooper Jr. wrote:
> Antonio wrote:
> > [[just trying this out]]
> > on behalf of Primo Corporation:
> > Primo Corporaation forfeits from B Nomic
> 
> Well, that almost assuredly doesn't work, any more than I can post actions
> that you are doing something.
> 
> The Outsider itself needs to "intend" to perform the action, and then
> cause a message to be posted to a Public Forum with the action. (Whether
> by delegating to somebody else, or by using their email program to send a
> message, or by using a flashlight and open end of a fiberoptic cable.) And
> we have a long history in B Nomic of going by what people intend to have
> written if it's clear enough, since we don't require any particular strict
> format of what makes a proposal, for instance.
> 
> One of my main arguments against Primo being a player was that Primo has
> no way of "intending" to do an action like a human does. But The Courts
> Have Spoken.
> 
> Of course, this leaves the system wide open to abuse now, as I can create
> 100 "corporations" that have a charter of "We do whatever Peter says", and
> have them join the game and take it over. That would be Bad, which is why
> I'd like my "human players only" prop to pass, and I would also support
> something that removed Primo from the game as a player (but would be fine
> with being able to have it in the game as a Corporation).

I submit the following consultation:
{{
Question:
  Is an organization or other group consisting of one human being,
  and behaving as that person orders, exactly equivalent to that person
  for the purposes of B Nomic?
}}

> 
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> Peter C.
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