On Thu, 28 May 2009, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Sean Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: >> Gratuitous: Publishing an erroneous report (power-1 Rule) is less >> serious than ratifying one (Class-8 Crime). > > Yes, but if the report is incorrect I'm obligated to publish an > incorrect report weekly, making the cumulative violation potentially > worse.
If you do so knowingly, that's appropriate. If there is known uncertainty but unknown state, using a specific and targeted disclaimer has always worked in the past to avoid prosecution. If the error is wholly unknown, it's not a crime. > On the other hand, I could have avoided that breach by > resigning as Promotor. You raise a good point though: if you can avoid a "forced" crime by resigning, are you required to resign rather than choose the lesser crime? That's true in the real world (the "honorable resignation") If interpreted that here way it's a bug; but I would say that a judge shouldn't opine so. -G.
