Re: [s-d] Re: [auto] BeeDee submits p1976

[Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 00:01:25 +0000, Jeremy Cook <athena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 06:52:47PM -0500, Bryan Donlan wrote:
> > On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 23:44:43 +0000, Jeremy Cook <athena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > This I don't see. Why is that explicitly stating that r10 is
> > > powerless?
> >
> > It is stating that game entities must abide by all rules *except* r10,
> > which implies that they are under no obligation to follow r10.
> 
> You mean, "r10 doesn't say I have to follow r10, so I don't have
> to follow r10, but I do have to follow the other rules"? This
> *is* following r10.
> 
> Some non-game entity on the street is under no obligation to
> follow r10. What makes game entities game entities is that they
> follow the rules of the game.

Precisely, which is why r10 can be repealed. But if it's explicitly
altered so it excludes itself from the set of Rules that must be
followed, then its effect is the same as if it was repealed.


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bd
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