Re: [s-d] Massive Gamestate Recalculation 2, the Loose Interpretation version

[Elliott Hird <penguinofthegods@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2009/2/10 Geoffrey Spear <wooble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Rule 5E33 and its predecessors going back to the start of the 2nd Era
> say something to the effect of:
>
> {{
> When a new proposal is submitted, it is assigned the Proposal Number
> null. The Chairman is obligated to assign a new Proposal Number that
> is greater than all previously used Proposal Numbers to each proposal
> with a number of null.
>
> /* Note that this doesn't include other things called Proposal Numbers
> from the distant past; the fact that five years ago there were
> proposals numbered in the thousands is irrelevant. */
> }}
>
> The comment text has, by Rule 5E7 and its predecessors, no effect on
> the game at all.  It can be read, but doesn't make those old proposals
> irrelevant to numbering.  Thus, every vote cast since the start of the
> second era has been for a long-closed proposal, not the proposal for
> which it was purportedly voting, and the ruleset is quite different
> from what we think it is.
> --
> Wooble

So, what provoked you to try and find every way you can to destroy the
game?
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