2008/7/15 Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> The problem is that partnerships aren't people.
>
> They are if they're public and have a basis of at least two, which are
> the only ones that we've decided we want to have interacting with the
> game (and with good reason).  Unless Goethe is right, in which case
> the "public" requirement failed to take effect.

But partnerships _aren't people_. I'm saying our current definition is wrong.

>> We need 'doers', which are like people+partnerships. And most occurences
>> of 'person' replaced with 'doer' in the rules, and players be a subset of 
>> doers.
>
> I don't see how this solves the problem Goethe describes.  Redefining
> a player as either a non-person or a non-doer would still remove some
> of that player's rights.
>
> -root
>

No, doer vs non-doer would not be a question of rights. Only people have rights,
and thus partnerships wouldn't.

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