Re: [s-d] [s-b] Consultation, was Re: Bums

[<bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree, please zot that consultation.

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:56:58 -0800, Jay Campbell <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 
> I request this Consultation be ZOTted for a couple reasons:
> 
> The sentence quoted in "there's no plural" in the Arguments isn't even 
> in the ruleset and has been dishonestly or accidentally  pasted with 
> inaccurate grammar.
> 
> The game state calculation referenced isn't ambiguous. "I destroy all 
> mackeral in their possession as a Game Action." is a non-ambiguous game 
> action, since I made it clear I was talking about players other than 
> myself. The legality of the action may be called into question, as with 
> any game action, but the end results is J m165, Other Legal Entities m0. 
> Ambiguity in the ruleset other than calculation is not a legal cause for 
> challenge.
> 
> j
> 
>> Since you people insist on using the least B-friendly interpretation 
>> of ambiguous language, as MoS I do not think this Game Action  
>> occurred because it involves an ambiguous game state calculation. 5e29 
>> doesn't claim precedence over 5e10, ergo 5e10 yadda yadda yadda.
>>
>> I submit the following Consultation specifying "J" as the Unbeliever:
>> { Did J destroy all of the game's mackerel save his own? }
>>
>> Arguments:
>>
>> There's no plural subject in the sentence "Only Legal Entity may 
>> destroy any amount of mackerel in their possession as a Game Action." 
>> so the impersonal pronoun refers to the singular "Legal Entity". The 
>> word "their" is used interchangeably in English to serve the purposes 
>> of the impersonal singular pronoun, and the impersonal plural pronoun. 
>> This is not inappropriate, or ambiguous in normal communication, as 
>> whether or not the word is plural or singular is picked up from 
>> context. If however, the meaning is ambiguous in B, and cannot be 
>> picked up from context, then the game action did not occur as the game 
>> action requires the calculation of an impossible or ambiguous number.
>>
>> So, if the game action destroying everyone's mackerel succeeded, the 
>> game action did not occur due to the game state ambiguity.
>>
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