Re: [spoon-discuss] No actions?

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

>My proposal to repeal the rule governing Eclairs failed nearly 
>unanimously. I thought I should explain why I want it repealed, before 
>reproposing it, and I hope people will vote for it this time, since as 
>far as I can tell, the game is over right now, and the only thing 
>keeping us in action is the fact that nobody's objected in a public 
>forum to anything Dave's said (which is alright, because it's illegal 
>to anyway).
>
>It seems to me that nobody can take actions.
>
>By r1638, "If an action is referenced in the rules, but there is no 
>statement in the rules defining that action, that action cannot be 
>performed."
>Every action defined in the rules is undefined, either directly or 
>indirectly. For example, nowhere is the manner in which a player may 
>Recognize a State of Emergency defined, therefore under r1638 it cannot 
>be done; The method by which a player may transfer points from emself 
>to another player is defined as "posting to the public forum"; however, 
>the act of posting to the public forum is also not defined, and 
>therefore cannot be legally performed.
>
>Basically, every action is either an english verb such as 'posting', 
>which is defined by the English language but not by the rules and 
>therefore is illegal under r1638, or an action defined in the rules in 
>terms of other actions that are illegal under r1638. Thus, all actions 
>are illegal.
>
>
>My hope was to remove 1638, wait until ten days after Dave announced 
>its removal, and then to point this out, on the grounds that by then 
>the Statute would have lapsed and the game could keep going. Since this 
>failed, I suspect that the game may now be over.
>
>So, can anyone explain why it shouldn't be?
>
-Um... because ending the game isn't defined? Or because we're all going to put our fingers in our ears and sing lalalalalalalala as loudly as we can so we don't notice this? That's what I plan to do, anyway.-

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