On 01/27/2013 06:48 PM, Alex Smith wrote:
> I become active.
> I submit a proposal, "cleanup", AI 3:
> {{{
> Repeal rule 754.
> }}}
> I become inactive.
>
> First off, I promise in the ordinary-language sense that I don't
> currently have a scam in mind involving this; I haven't tried to think
> of one, and I think it might be unlikely that one exists. This is not to
> say I won't scam this proposal if I think of a scam in the meantime.
>
> scshunt and I were discussing the possibility of cleaning up the
> ruleset, and I think this might be a good place to start. I believe that
> rule 2140 is already sufficient to prevent lower-power rules overriding
> higher-power rules by redefining terms in them. Apart from that, I don't
> think that rule 754 has any huge effect on the game; it's just an entire
> screenful of rule that's listing a bunch of stuff that should be common
> sense, and which would be decided the same way even without the rule's
> existence.
>
> So in other words, we have a large, imposing and scary rule with no
> effect on the gamestate. So why not just get rid of it?
>
Doesn't R754 get cited in judgements all the time?
