On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Sean Hunt wrote: > Ian Kelly wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Sean Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> However, I now publish a Notice of Violation, naming Goethe as the >>> Accused, for breaking Rule 2211, a 2-Power rule, by illegally flipping >>> castes while deputising for the office of Grand Poobah, by failing to >>> adhere to Rule 2211. E did not follow the prescribed steps, therefore >>> all of eir caste flips were illegal. >> >> The first flip was to promote Billy Pilgrim (Beta) to Alpha, which was >> in accordance with R2211 under any interpretation, so at least that >> one was legal. >> > I'm required to perform that flip anyways, so it's mostly irrelevant. > But I think that the whole sequence of things is one obligation; it > cannot be separated into individual obligations, as such e cannot > legally perform one step without performing the rest.
No appeals on this? Really? If the Grand Poobah "cannot" (your words) perform one step without performing the rest, then the G.P is obviousy not *required* to perform one step without performing the rest, so a deputy obviously CANNOT do so. Also, what happens if a perfectly legal procedure is split into two messages? R2211: "At each step, the Grand Poobah SHALL choose..." = a SHALL at each step. -G. p.s. I'm not quibbling at all with your basic "office" contention; that's a fair cop. Consequences seem way, way off, though.
