When I made the Ducks and Platypuses contract, I was not writing in
Ainu. The fact is that the silliness that pervades #ircnomic (now
##nomic (don't ask me why)) caused me to not to act like a sensible
schoolteacher, not to avoid making contracts with no tangible benefit
to myself and every possibility of punishment, but instead to eagerly
draft them.
Instead, I seem to have launched a caiman of a contract against myself
which, even once this apology has been submitted, is effectively
impossible for me to leave or even stop violating. In fact, if for
whatever reason ehird leaves the world of nomic and I am once again
indicted for my continued failure to comply with the Ducks and
Platypuses contract, my only option may be to deregister.
What?, you ask. Deregistration won't get me out of a contract!
Indeed, playerhood in Agora is meaning less and less: nonplayers can,
aside from participating in most contests, submit proposals and vote
on ordinary proposals through partnerships. Although they cannot hold
offices, judge CFJs, or vote on Democratic proposals, let it not be
said that the authors of the best gratuitous arguments are not those
who frequently deregister.
But then again, R101 says:
viii. Every player has the right to deregister rather than
continue to play.
If I deregistered, but then I was still obligated to play (by being
punished in a criminal CFJ for violating D&P) then my right to not
have to continue to play would be infringed. Alternately, if I
stopped playing, but then resumed playing at a later date, I have the
right not to be slapped with criminal CFJs for being a member of Ducks
& Platypuses during that time. Indeed, I'd say that being in an
agreement under the rules of Agora counts as playing.
Therefore, if I deregister by invoking R101 (as opposed to R869, over
which R101 by far takes precedence), and my right to cease to continue
to play, it seems to me that I would be able to remove myself from the
Ducks & Platypuses contract, thereby terminating it.
This is in keeping with the spirit of the Suber rule that that clause
seems to replace:
113. A player always has the option to forfeit the game rather than
continue to play or incur a game penalty. No penalty worse than
losing, in the judgment of the player to incur it, may be imposed.
But good luck testing *that* theory out.
