I CFJ on the statement:
* It is ILLEGAL to grant certain powers (in the ordinary-language
sense) and privileges to Agora's ambassador if one is not a nomic.
Evidence:
Excerpt from Rule 2148 (The Ambassador):
A foreign nomic may grant certain powers (in the
ordinary-language sense) and privileges to Agora's ambassador.
Arguments:
In CFJ 2451, Judge Taral wrote:
> We are forced to rely on some common sense. One reasonably criterion
> for the separation of action and condition is whether the clause
> affects the content or the context of the action. The actual text or
> sentiment expressed in the announcement is content and is generally
> included as part of the action. Contextual requirements, like the
> person performing the announcement, are generally conditions.
and used this argument to determine that in the following:
As soon as possible after the end of a month, for each contest,
the player (if any) who was its contestmaster for at least 16
days during that month MAY once announce that e performed duties
related to that contest in a timely manner during that month,
subject to other rules regarding truthfulness.
being the contestmaster is a condition for being allowed to perform
duties related to the contest. By the same argument, however, the
identity of an entity granting powers to the Ambassador is a
contextual requirement and a condition; therefore, by Rule 2125, it is
ILLEGAL to grant powers and privileges to the Ambassador except as
allowed by Rule 2148. (Thanks to ais523 for finding this example.)
