RE: [Spoon-business] RE: RE: [spoon-discuss] Proto-prop: Aes Sedai

["Baron von Skippy" <bvs@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>>Since the difference between laws and rules is solely in who makes them
>>>and
>>>>>what the penalties are for breaking them, I think we can get away with
>>>this
>>>>>solution:
>>>>>
>>>>>I propose:
>>>>>{{
>>>>>For the purposes of B Nomic, those rules collectively known as the
>United
>>>>>States Code are repealed.
>>>>>}}
>>>>>
>>>>-Code of what? And can we kill the Patriot Act while we're at it?-
>>>
>>>The US Code is a single document of incredible length that contains all of
>>>our law (except for the constitution and the equally-important
>>>precedent-setting court cases). Various pieces of legislation amend it. It
>>>is, in essence, the ruleset of the United States. By repealing the US
>Code,
>>>we lose *all* of American law, including both copyrights and the Patriot
>>>Act.
>>>
>>-Ah... I was wondering how education (Title 9), bankruptcy (11), and
>copyright (17) were all being clumped... well, why stop at ignoring US
>>law? Why not declare B Nomic a sovereign nation? Or would the Marines come
>in, take Dave prisoner, and set up a democracy if we did that?-
>
>Only if they thought they could convince somebody that we had weapons of
>mass destruction.
>
-I know I'm not supposed to mention them, but you do know Nomicron has the Atomic Bomb, yes? Can we change their regime? Do they have a regime? Can we pretend they do? Will France surrender if we do?-

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