G. reassigned this CFJ to emself so its no longer yours to judge On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 1:37 PM Edward Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> > =============================== CFJ 3755 > =============================== > > > > The time window of R. Lee's Oath to vote against certain proposals > > is 60 days. > > > > > ========================================================================== > > > > Caller: Jason Cobb > > > > Judge: Murphy > > > > > ========================================================================== > > > > History: > > > > Called by Jason Cobb: 05 Jul 2019 17:42:21 > > Assigned to Murphy: [now] > > > > > ========================================================================== > > > > Caller's Arguments: > > The Oath does not explicitly state any time window, it instead says > > "for > > at least the next 30 days". The "at least" arguably prevents the "30 > > days" from being definite, thus the pledge does not "explicitly [state]" > > that its time window is any specific time window; it instead purports to > > be binding for any one of an infinite range of time windows. If my > > understanding is correct, then, under Rule 2450, the time window is 60 > > days, and this CFJ should be judged TRUE. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Caller's Evidence: > > > > Excerpt from Rule 2450: > > > > If a Player makes a clear public pledge (syn. Oath) to perform > > (or refrain from performing) certain actions, then breaking the > > pledge within the pledge's time window is the Class N crime of > > Oathbreaking, where N is 2 unless the pledge explicitly states > > otherwise. The time window of a pledge is 60 days, unless the > > pledge explicitly states otherwise. > > > > R. Lee's Oath: > > > > I hereby swear an Oath to vote AGAINST any proposal that adds > > more text than it deletes for at least the next 30 days. > > > > > ========================================================================== > > I consider it reasonably clear that R. Lee's intent was "I swear to do X > for a 30-day window, I may or may not continue to do X afterward". If e > had explicitly fuzzed up the length of the window (e.g. "The time window > of this Oath is at least 30 days but may be longer"), then that would > have been different. > > FALSE. > > > -- >From R. Lee
