Proposal: "Pledge Timelines" AI=1.7 Coauthor='G.'
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Replace the text of Rule 2450 with the following:
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Breaking a publicly-made pledge is a cardable offense. If a
publicly-made pledge
says that a person will do something, without providing a time limit,
then e SHALL in
a timely manner in order to not break said pledge.
}}}
}}}
That clears things up a bit, yeah?
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 4:34 PM Kerim Aydin <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
> Good point. In common language terms and current legal effect, "I pledge
> to do X" is synonymous with "Pledge: I SHALL do X", so why bother with
> the latter, as it's more confusingly written?
>
> On the flip side, maybe "I pledge to do X" would be judged (in current
> ruleset) to contain an implicit SHALL.
>
> Putting this amendment in would make the two explicitly different though,
> so that "I pledge to do X" would not invoke the time limit, but "I SHALL
> do X" would (maybe). Not sure if that's bug or feature...
>
> On Mon, 22 May 2017, Gaelan Steele wrote:
> > I don't know if I've ever seen someone use all-caps SHALL in a pledge.
> >
> > On May 22, 2017, at 3:07 PM, Quazie <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Proposal: "Pledge Timelines" AI=1.7 Coauthor='G.'
> > {{{
> > Replace the text of Rule 2450 with the following:
> > {{{
> > Breaking a publicly-made pledge is a cardable offense. If a
> publicly-made pledge
> > says a person SHALL do something, without providing a time limit,
> then e SHALL in
> > a timely manner in order to not break said pledge.
> > }}}
> > }}}
>
>
