On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Sean Hunt <ride...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Aaron Goldfein wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Sean Hunt <ride...@gmail.com > > <mailto:ride...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Aaron Goldfein wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Ed Murphy <emurph...@socal.rr.com > > <mailto:emurph...@socal.rr.com> > > > <mailto:emurph...@socal.rr.com <mailto:emurph...@socal.rr.com>>> > > wrote: > > > > > > Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2525 > > > > > > ========================= Criminal Case 2525 > > ========================= > > > > > > coppro violated the 1-Power Rule 2143 by publishing a report > > > stipulating the Proposal Pool to be empty when it in fact > > > contained a proposal entitled {Judicial Sanctions}. > > > > > > > > > ======================================================================== > > > > > > Caller: coppro > > > > > > Judge: Yally > > > Judgement: > > > > > > > > > ======================================================================== > > > > > > History: > > > > > > Called by coppro: 12 May 2009 19:13:57 > GMT > > > Defendant coppro informed: 12 May 2009 19:13:57 > GMT > > > Assigned to OscarMeyr: 12 May 2009 22:07:47 > GMT > > > OscarMeyr recused: 19 May 2009 21:41:52 > GMT > > > Assigned to Yally: (as of this message) > > > > > > > > > ======================================================================== > > > > > > Caller's Arguments: > > > > > > The action in question only became illegal about 20 minutes > > > (if I recall correctly) after it was performed. Therefore NOT > > GUILTY, > > > and my Rest should be destroyed. > > > > > > > > > ======================================================================== > > > > > > > > > H. Defendant coppro, which proposal was it that made that action > > illegal? > > > > It was distributed the subsequent week as proposal 6238. > > > > > > Perhaps I'm missing something here, but you clearly indicated that the > > proposal pool was empty when you distributed 6226 - 6236. In fact, it > > was not, and contained the proposal Judicial Sanctions. Even though you > > were not required to distribute it at that time, you were still > > required, as a part of your weekly duties, to indicate the state of the > > proposal pool. I therefore opine GUILTY and sentence APOLOGY with no > > prescribed words. I destroy 1 rest in the possession of coppro as a > > result of the relevant NoV. If I have missed some important detail, > > please appeal and remand, providing any evidence I have overlooked. > > > > -Yally > > I intend, with two support, to appeal this judgment because... well.. > actually, this was a good judgment. Never mind. > > Promotor is, and shall always be, my friend... er... one of the hardest > jobs in Agora. Slips are common and everyone makes them. But officers, > including myself, need to be very prudent that their mistakes do not > overly harm Agora, and the broken window principle provides that leaving > the smallest mistakes unfixed can lead to massive damage occurring > quickly. This is both a psychological effect, in that officers do not > endeavor to correct their mistakes because they go unpunished, and so > the integrity of the reports becomes compromised, and an actual one, in > that the lack of complete information about the game state at any given > point in time leads subsequently to the further divergence of the > gamestate from the actual state. While there exist rules to provide > solutions for this, as in the recent discoveries with regards to > precedence between rules and with regards to elections, it is far better > to avoid the incorrect information in the first place. As a result, I > deeply apologize for my negligence in failing to publish an accurate > report of the Proposal Pool. > Even counting your introduction, that apology is only 199 words.
