Re: spoon-discuss: RE: spoon-business: CFJ 304 judgement

["Donald Whytock" <dwhytock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/28/02 at 1:51 PM Gavin Doig wrote:

>> Since this player is currently known as "Uncle Psychosis",
>>
>True.
>
>> and since "uin" is not eir real name (as suggested by the email header),
>>
>Also true.
>
>> I must assume "uin" is a title e is bestowing upon emself.
>>
>Doesn't follow. There are numerous other possibilities; it could be some
>kind of customary salutation, or I could simply be incorrectly reporting
>my name (either accidentally, or as a deliberate falsehood). I claim that
>I am doing the second of these, and, since my name *used* to be (something
>which abbreviated to) uin, I think it seems pretty plausible.
>
>Since neither making a mistake about your name nor claiming your name is
>something other than it is are regulated, and the rules make a quite clear
>distinction between names and titles, I can call myself what I please, as
>long as I don't claim it's a title. Which I don't.
>
>uin.

Well, the first kick was recognized, and I'll claim that as precedent for the second and third...

						Glotmorf