On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Ed Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2463 > > ============================== CFJ 2463 ============================== > > It is possible for the Ambassador to flip the Recognition of > Einos (http://einos-nomic.blogspot.com/) to Friendly. > > ======================================================================== > > Caller: ais523 > > Judge: root > Judgement: > > ======================================================================== > > History: > > Called by ais523: 24 Apr 2009 02:59:20 GMT > Assigned to root: (as of this message) > > ======================================================================== > > Caller's Arguments: > > I think this is a pretty clear UNDECIDABLE. It's paradoxical whether > Einos fulfils the conditions to still be a protectorate (it was once), > and therefore whether it is currently a protectorate. The rules-defined > action in the CFJ subject is possible only if it isn't. > > Maybe protectorisation should be pragmatised? > > ======================================================================== > > Caller's Evidence: > > >From Einos' ruleset: > {{{ > Rule X. The Earth Is Nonetheless An Oblate Spheroid Nomic submits to > Agora as its benevolent protector. Any protective decree of Agora that > targets this nomic takes effect as specified by the rules of Agora, if > and only if *the portion of this sentence in bold is false*. > }}} > > (The portion of the sentences between the asterisks in this email is in > bold in the actual Einos ruleset, without the asterisks.) > > Excerpt from rule 2147: > {{{ > In order to become a protectorate, a nomic must specify in its > ruleset that it submits to Agora as its benevolent protector. > It must also have rules or other gamestate arranged such that > any protective decree proclaimed by the ambassador will take > full effect upon proclamation. Any restriction whatsoever on > the content of a protective decree disqualifies the nomic from > being a protectorate. > > If the criteria specified in the preceding paragraph are met, > the ambassador may make the nomic a protectorate without three > objections. If a protectorate ever does not meet these > criteria, it ceases to be a protectorate. > }}} > > Excerpt from rule 2185: > {{{ > Recognition is a foreign nomic switch, tracked by the > Ambassador, with values Unknown (default), Protected, Friendly, > Neutral, Sanctioned, Hostile, and Abandoned. > > When a foreign nomic becomes a Protectorate, its Recognition > becomes Protected. When a foreign nomic ceases to be a > Protectorate, its Recognition becomes Unknown. A foreign > nomic's Recognition CANNOT change to or from Protected in any > other way. > > The Ambassador CAN, without objection, flip a foreign nomic's > Recognition to any value (subject to the above restriction). > }}} > > > ========================================================================
The bold clause is neither true nor false. Since it is not false, protective decrees would not take effect. As such, the recognition of Einos became Unknown when this change to its ruleset occurred. I judge CFJ 2463 TRUE. -root
