RE: spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: Proposal: New religious te xt to be added.

["Harrison, Andrew" <andy.harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree, there are just too many possible conflicts with this. Adding new
RT's is good, but I don't think the Rules themselves can be used.

--
The Kid


> Quoth Dan Waldron:
> > 
> > The following is a new Proposal titled "Nomic: not just a 
> game but a way
> > of life!"
> > 
> > Append "The Rules of this game" to the list of recognized 
> religious texts
> > in rule 302.
> > _____
> > 
> > Poulenc.
> 
> Depending on how R302 is interpreted, this would cause 
> everyone who submits a Proposal--or very nearly so-- to be a 
> Humble Disciple. Why? Here is the relevant portion of R302:
> 
> "If at any time a Player submits a proposal which will cause 
> the creation or alteration of a rule so that the rule would 
> subsequently contain the text of one or more verses(*) from a 
> Recognised Religious Text(**), then that Player shall 
> secretly become a Humble Disciple."
> 
> There has yet to be a Proposal that, if adopted, would not 
> "cause the creation or alteration of a rule". Of course, 
> these changes would become part of the Rules, which would 
> qualify them as part of a "Recognized Religious Text". So, 
> virtually any successful Proposal would contain a part of the 
> Rules, since that's the very nature of Proposals.
> 
> Even if the timing is restricted such that the determination 
> is made prior to the adoption of Proposals, many Proposals 
> will easily contain "one or more complete sentences totaling 
> fifteen or more words" from the existing Rules.
>