Re: spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: Prop change

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 14 May 2002 12:25 am, you wrote:
> Adding layers doesn't make any difference.  The point is, even if you
> propose a rule that makes a rule that makes a rule that makes a rule that
> makes a rule that sets up a mechanism to make a rule three nweeks from now,
> it's still a change to the ruleset that the proposal is making that will
> result in votes being counted.  If it's a rule that counts votes, and it's
> made by another rule, then it's a rule that's making a rule that counts
> votes.  Causality goes backward all the way to the proposal, because the
> proposal contains the entire mechanism.
>
> And one could argue that a proposal that makes a rule, ad nauseum, is an
> attempt to circumvent the rules, and thus is a violation of r10.  Which
> also has a Chutzpah of 10 and is a lower number.

You could amend the rules so it's legal :)