William P. Berard on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:44:37 +0100 (CET)


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Re: [s-d] [s-b] BobTHJ's Refresh Proposal


Le 26 nov. 07, à 22:22, Roger Hicks a écrit :

> On Nov 26, 2007 3:17 PM, William P. Berard
> <william.berard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> As such, correct me If I am wrong, but I think it is logically
>> equivalent to  "everything that is mentioned in the rules, is
>> prohibited unless it is explicitely permitted." Basically a cut down
>> version of the strict "unless explicitely permitted, everything is
>> prohibited", which only applies to things regulated, that is, 
>> mentioned
>> in the rules.
>
> Exactly
>>
>>
>> Although I think your proposal will certainly clear things up, It 
>> would
>> still require a lot of "common sense" things to be explicitely
>> permitted. for example the recent debate about consultation neeeding 
>> to
>> be asked as a question. The rules clearly state that. However
>> consultation 006 http://b.nomic.net/index.php/Consultations/0006 
>> states
>> that consultation can be worded as statement.
>>
>> How would this work under your proposal. Does a Judgement qualifies as
>> regulation? if so, don't we go back into the loophole which enabled a
>> Priest to use his answer to a Consultation to build a Doomsday
>> device... Here again, we lack a proper Oricularity system where
>> Judgement only become part of the ruleset once submitted to public
>> vote...
>>
> See my revised version (which I am typing now). Note that this isn't a
> new issue, it is just one that has recently come to light (in this
> nomic anyway).

Oh, I was just commenting your first version and suggesting changes, If 
you wait 5 minutes, you might be able to see my remarks, I wouldn't 
want you to have to do a third version :p



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