On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:03 PM, ihope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> At Place X, if I buy a chocolate bar I must buy an ice cream cone, and >>> if I buy an ice cream cone I must buy a chocolate bar. Therefore, the >>> chocolate bar and the ice cream cone together are one item. >> >> They're two separate items physically, but in terms of purchases, they >> are indeed a single item. >> >> I'm not disputing that the Left Hand and Right Hand are based on >> physically separate bodies of text. I'm suggesting that at the >> abstract level that we actually care about, they are an aggregate and >> should be considered a single contract. > > Maybe you care about a different abstract level than those who agree > to the Hands; I expect that most of their parties care that they be > treated as separate contracts.
What matters is how the rules view it, not the parties. -root
