On Thursday 24 January 2008 20:33:51 comex wrote: > On Jan 24, 2008 9:57 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=1881 > > > > ============================== CFJ 1881 ============================== > > > > rule 2029 requires Agorans to always Dance a Powerful Dance. > > > > ======================================================================== > > Proto-judgement (yes, it is serious): > > Rule 2029/0 (Power=4) > Town Fountain > > /\ /\ > / \ / \ > T > his > Power-4 > Rule (the first ever) > was placed to honor > The Agoran Spirit Of The Game > by Goethe, Steve, Murphy, root > and OscarMeyr, Scamsters. Look > on our works, ye Marvy, but do > always Dance a Powerful Dance. Hail Eris! > > If Rule 2029 does in fact impose any obligations, it does so only to > Marvies. > > I had always thought that "marvy" was an actual word. However, as far > as I can tell from the dictionary, it is not. It has, however, been > defined in Agora. > > From an old ruleset: > > Rule 1686/10 (Power=1) > Official Reports > ... > The rules may specify conditions under which a player is marvy; > that player is not marvy unless the rules explicitly state at > least one such condition and all such conditions are satisfied. > As soon as possible after a player becomes marvy, the Speaker > shall announce this fact. The only condition for marviness is > membership in the Outer Cabinet. > > Rule 1905/1 (Power=1) > The Cabinet > > The Cabinet, or Inner Cabinet, consists of the Speaker and all > electees to office. The Outer Cabinet consists of all Oligarchs > who are not members of the Inner Cabinet. > > Rule 1932/4 (Power=2) > The Oligarchy > > (a) The Oligarchy is the set of all Players who are Oligarchs. > > (b) An Oligarch may resign eir position in the Oligarchy by > publicly announcing that e does so. Upon such an > announcement, e ceases to be an Oligarch. > > The change that introduced marviness was Proposal 4250: > Amended(10) by Proposal 4250 (harvel), 19 February 2002 > ...well before 4329 and the creation of the Town Fountain. > > Rule 754 says that the Town Fountain should be interpreted with its > ordinary-language meaning. Since I do not know any other definition > of 'marvy', the meaning I would interpret were it used in ordinary > language, and applied to Agora, would be the closest current Agoran > version of what a marvy was. > > This, then, would be any Oligarch who is not an officeholder. The > Oligarchy was a paid position, something which we don't have an exact > equivalent or namesake of. However, we do have Senators, which are > somewhat similar. > > Since Senators-- or indeed, non-officeholders-- are a subset of > Agorans in general, CFJ 1881 is hereby judged FALSE, regardless of > whether Rule 2029 imposes an obligation.
In honor of this brilliant proto-judgement, I (as an unregulated action), give you two Bead Necklaces. I recommend trading them with other, more barbaric, Nomics, which consider such things a rarity.
