Re: spoon-discuss: RE: spoon-business: Proposal: No Kickbacks (Justice, Administered Piecemeal)

[Eric Gerlach <egerlach@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:53 PM 2002-01-14 +0000, you wrote:
> If the CFJ system allows us to call for effects of any kind, then this 
> won't work. It's therefore probably a bad idea to put this in, as it might 
> give us an illusion of security, and encourage us to allow CFJs to change 
> things. Which is a Bad Thing.

Is it???  What happens if someone takes an action which is illegal?  Even 
if someone makes a CFJ, if the CFJ cannot change anything, and the person 
has gotten away scot-free with their illegality!  That's not the kind of 
justice system _I_ want to see operating.  The Judge or the ruling has to 
have some ability to edit things which have passed.  I proposed the 
modification to Rule 204 anticipating this.  Well, the other option is that 
we make a penalty for players who disobey the law.

I think that a better outlining of a judge's obligations and powers is 
important (and they have to have some of both at least).  So therefore I 
humbly submit that the ability to have CFJs that change things (within 
strict limitations) is a Good Thing (tm).

Bean