On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 7:01 AM, Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ============================== CFJ 2013 ==============================> >> Rule 2141 implies that a rule can destroy the universe. > > I rule FALSE. Rule 2141 implies that the rules may allow or disallow > the destruction of the universe (although in the latter case it would > be rather difficult to pursue a criminal case against a violator), but > even though their scope is unlimited by Rule 2141 they are still > rules, or "regulation[s] determining the methods or course of a game > or the like" (OED), and as such lack the capacity and do not claim to > have the capacity to affect the world outside of the game except by > prescribing or proscribing certain behavior by entities the rules > claim to govern.
"Rule" is defined by R2141, so the appeal to common definition is incorrect. -root
