[s-b] Murphy's refresh proto v1.2

[Ed Murphy <emurphy42@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

/*
I continue to feel that ratifying past SOEs and replacing Panic
Buttons with direct player states are the most important issues
at hand.  I would vote for the Button-independent parts of comex's
first proto if they were submitted as a regular proposal, and for
his second proto if the "Tweaks should only be used to X" comment
were made an explicit part of the rule.
*/

Murphy's refresh proto-proposal v1.2:

Upon the adoption of this proposal, the gamestate becomes what it
would be if all States Of Emergency that were generally believed
to have occurred at the time, prior to December 5, 2007, had
occurred as generally believed.

/*
This cutoff date falls between the end of the last purported SOE
and the first purported Button action afterward.  If someone would
kindly re-post the date of the last date on which all Public Displays
were ratified, then I'll limit this to events past that point.
*/

Amend Rule 0 (In Case of Emergency) by replacing the text beginning
with "Each PEP has in his possession a Game Object called a Panic
Button." and ending with "If there exist at least four Panic Buttons
which are On," with this text:

       Each PEP has a Mental State, which is exactly one of Calm
       (default) or Paranoid; this is a persistent status that
       changes only as explicitly allowed by this rule.

       A PEP may change his Mental State by posting a message to
       a Public Forum, or any forum that was a Public Forum within
       the past month, specifying his new state.  He shall do his
       best to ensure that all other PEPs receive this message.

       If at least four PEPs have a Mental State of Paranoid,

and by replacing this text:

       All Panic Buttons become Off.

       If at any point during the procedure, there are less than four
       Panic Buttons On,

with this text:

       Each PEP's Mental State becomes Calm.

       If, at any point during the procedure, less than four PEPs are
       Paranoid,

and by appending this text:

       This rule takes precedence over all other rules.

/*
How does B resolve conflicts between rules, anyway?  The only uses
of "precedence" are in 2-8, 2-9, and 6-1, each of which gives up
precedence in a certain area.  I plan to explore this in more detail
after the current SOE ends.
*/

Upon the adoption of this proposal, all Panic Buttons are destroyed.

Create a rule titled "Flexible Language" with this text:

       The exact presentation of a message is generally inconsequential,
       provided that the intent of that message is unambiguous.  This
       includes (but is not limited to) spelling, grammar, dialect,
       synonyms, and abbreviations.

/*
"generally" so as to defer to any rule that, for whatever reason,
does mandate specific presentation for certain purposes.
*/

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