Re: spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: The most-revised proposal ever: 236 again

[Eric Gerlach <egerlach@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:20 AM 2002-01-10 -0500, you wrote:
> The problem with "force of law" is NOT that it's too forceful or limiting, 
> but that because it is undefined it can be *interpreted* as too forceful 
> or limiting. It seems to me that "game custom" is an equally vague and 
> shady term.
>
> What makes "game custom" better than "force of law"?

Well, "force of law" is likely to be interpreted as having the same 
strength as a rule.  I don't think that we want CFJs to have ultimate 
power, so to speak.  So, either we need an appealate method (which is in 
the proposal), or we need to make the rulings less powerful.  The "game 
custom" thing does this, albeit not perfectly.  I'd be inclined to pass the 
proposal and modify the text later.  The proposal contains many good things 
too.

Bean