Re: [s-b] Consultation, was Re: Bums

[Tyler <wisety@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Tyler <wisety@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I ZOT the below Consultation, at the supplicant's request.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 6:30 AM, 0x44 <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Jay Campbell wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Playing "remove his hat" on Rule 5E29:
>>>
>>> "Only Legal Entities can own mackeral. Any Legal Entity may destroy any
>>> amount of mackerel in their possession as a Game Action."
>>>
>>> Several other Legal Entities besides me own mackeral. I destroy all
>>> mackeral in their possession as a Game Action.
>>>
>> Since you people insist on using the least B-friendly interpretation of
>> ambiguous language, as MoS I do not think this Game Action  occurred because
>> it involves an ambiguous game state calculation. 5e29 doesn't claim
>> precedence over 5e10, ergo 5e10 yadda yadda yadda.
>>
>> 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 "Only 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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>> 0x44;
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