Re: [s-d] [s-b] MoQ Report - Consultations 155-160 Priest Assignments

["Craig Daniel" <teucer@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Jamie Dallaire
<bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:14 PM, Jamie Dallaire
> <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Jamie Dallaire <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>>  *Consultation 160:*
>>>>>
>>>>> Supplicant: Sgeo
>>>>>
>>>>> Question: Is the MoM ever allowed to turn the Clock On?
>>>>>
>>>>> Reasoning: When there are no unfulfilled Ministerial obligations, the
>>>>> MoM is obligated to turn the Clock On. However, when the MoM is so
>>>>> obligated, there exists an unfulfilled Ministerial obligation,preventing the
>>>>> MoM from turning the Clock On. But then, there exists no such obligation,
>>>>> etc.

> I assign Consultation 160 to Priest teucer.

I answer YES.

Reasoning: For the good of the game this one needs to be answered YES
by whatever tortured logic we can find to do so Consistently, and I
hope the following is good enough.

The MoM is obligated to turn the Clock on only if there are no
unfulfilled Ministerial obligations at the instant when they do so.
The obligation to turn the Clock on comes into being (allowing it to
happen) and is fulfilled at the exact same instant.

Before the Clock gets turned on, the question of whether it must (and
thus may) be turned on is answerable only as a paradox - if there is
such an obligation, it is unfulfilled, and so the obligation doesn't
exist, meaning no obligations are unfulfilled. But once the MoM
decides to assume that they may turn on the Clock, then at the same
instant the Clock becomes on, the paradox ceases to exist and turning
it on comes to be mandatory - making it fortunate for the metamin that
they have just fulfilled that obligation.

 - teucer
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