On Monday 7 July 2008 3:55:18 Zefram wrote:
> Ed Murphy wrote:
> >=========================  Criminal Case 2048  =========================
> >    ehird violated Rule 2149 by saying that e joins.
> ...
> >Judge Taral's Arguments:
> >
> >As much as I appreciate Goethe's sentiment about the deception, the
> >registration attempt is an action, and precedent holds that it is
> >therefore merely ineffective. UNIMPUNGED.
> 
> With 2 support I intend to appeal Taral's verdict in CFJ 2048.
> The judge has not referred to the alleged precedent that would make
> a failing speech act merely ineffective rather than untruthful, and I
> think e is mistaken in saying that there is one.  On a simple analysis,
> ehird made the statement "I join.", but e did not join (at that time),
> so eir statement that e was joining was a false one.  It does not lose
> its statementhood or falsity merely by virtue of the fact that the rules
> make similar statements in some circumstances trigger game state changes
> that make those statements true.

I support. An action by announcement generally requires a statement
that one performs the action, and if the action is IMPOSSIBLE, then the
statement that one performs it is false.

Pavitra

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