On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 9:51 PM James Cook <jc...@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 at 14:53, Jason Cobb <jason.e.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/4/19 2:57 AM, James Cook wrote:
> > > I submit myself to the Agoran Gods! I submit the following rule to the
> > > contest:
> > >
> > > {
> > >
> > > I dedicate this rule to ARCAS.
> > >
> > > Every new rule must be dedicated to exactly one Agoran God, called the
> > > rule's Patron God. The Patron God must have been mentioned in a
> previous
> > > contest message.
> > >
> > > The validity requirements added by rules after this apply only to rules
> > > dedicated to a different Patron God. (For example, if a rule dedicated
> > > to the LORD said that new rules must rhyme, that requirement would only
> > > apply to rules not dedicated to the LORD.)
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > I praise the LORD. I thank ARCAS, god of the very land we live on. I
> > > honour THE AGORAN SPIRIT OF THE GAME.
> > >
> > >
> > Clever, but does this work? If each future rule does not incorporate
> > this provision, then a rule that violates a future rule (even if the
> > same Patron God) would still be "inconsistent" with the rule that it is
> > violating, which would make it invalid.
> >
> > --
> > Jason Cobb
>
> Good point, maybe it doesn't work.
My understanding is that it’s part of the definition of saying “X is the
Patron God” that the rule exempts all other rules with the same patron god.
Aris
Pontifex Maximus
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