Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Oops

[Mark Karasek <mkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 18:48:11 -0400, Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> > Well, it looks like we just repealed the entire ruleset (see rules 1 and 
> > 1637). Luckily, I was prepared for such an event. Since there's nothing 
> > preventing me from doing so, I define the following to be the new 
> > ruleset. (Rationale: since there are currently no rules, we can assume 
> > either that everything is legal or that nothing is legal. Since the 
> > latter would make the game rather pointless, I will assume the former is 
> > true.)
>
> Well, first of all, our rules or not laws, international treaties, or 
> government regulations. They're game rules, like Monopoly or Scrabble.
>
> And secondly, I really hope I'm right about what I just said, because our 
> rules aren't just part of the game, they *are* the game. If the rules are 
> gone, you can't create new ones, because you're not even a player, 
> because there's no such thing as a player, or even a game to be played. 
> If you're right, and r1637 did indeed destroy our ruleset, then the game 
> is Over. No question of 'is everything legal or illegal?', because 
> there's nothing under which to be 'legal or illegal'.

B Nomic is (was?) a soverign nation. The laws of a nation are the rules 
created by that nation governing its citizens; in our case, the ruleset. As 
for your second point, I took a different view that would allow us to keep 
playing. Was I wrong? Maybe. If so, I guess it's time for C Nomic.

The Pusher Robot
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