I judge CFJ 1966 FALSE, on several grounds.

Firstly, R101(i) is apparently nonsensical.  The word "wilt" can be
used as the second person singular present tense of "will", but in the
rule it is not used in the second person at all, and in any event this
usage is archaic, and thus not the ordinary-language meaning.  Thus we
must conclude that the word in the rule means "droop" or "become
flaccid".  Even here, the sentence is grammatically incorrect, but
generously taking it as an R754(1) synonym for "wilts", this gives
every person the privilege of doing what e causes to be flaccid, which
is anatomically problematic at best.

As this reasoning, while obviously sound, is likely to be seen as
cause for appeal, I'll stipulate that the usage of "wilt" in R101(i)
is, against all reason, actually an R754(1) synonym for the
non-archaic and grammatically correct "will" or "wish" in the third
person.

Secondly, in its ordinary-language meaning, a "privilege" is something
that someone MAY do, not something e CAN do.  Thus, there is no
conflict between R101(i) and R105; R101(i) allows that persons MAY do
whatever they CAN, provided they wish to do so, but does not give such
persons the power to do the IMPOSSIBLE.  By R105, it's IMPOSSIBLE to
change the rules except by the mechanisms in that rule itself, and
only a rule stating that a person CAN change them otherwise would be
in conflict.

Thirdly, if the above doesn't convince everyone, I assert that at the
very best it's unclear that a "privilege" implies a CAN, so by R217
both a strong game custom in both Agora and nomics in general and the
best interests of the game validate the interpretation that we
shouldn't imply such a CAN unless explicitly told to do so by the
rules; otherwise the rules could be distilled to R101(i), the rest
thrown out, and the game concluded.

--Wooble

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