On 10-10-17 05:25 PM, Ed Murphy wrote:
Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2890=================== CFJ 2890 (Interest Index = 0) ==================== It is generally POSSIBLE for me to make a proposal Undistributable for a fee. ======================================================================== Caller: omd Judge: coppro Judgement: ======================================================================== History: Called by omd: 15 Oct 2010 04:00:11 GMT Assigned to coppro: (as of this message) ======================================================================== Caller's Arguments: Rule 2283 states: To perform a fee-based action, a Player (the Actor) who is not otherwise forbidden to perform the action CAN perform it by announcing that e is performing the action while also announcing that there is a fee for that action. However, I am "otherwise forbidden to perform the action": there is no other way for me to make a proposal Undistributable than by announcing I am performing the action while also announcing that there is a fee for that action, etc. ========================================================================
TRUE. Not being permitted to perform something is different than being forbidden from performing it. The rule thus means "a player CAN do this unless some other rule says he can't". It is, thus, a manner of subtly deferring to any rule, including one of lower power.
Now, someone is invariably going to complain about the rules defining precedence and this getting around it not working, however, since there is never an actual contradiction of rules, precedence need not apply.
-coppro
