scshunt wrote:

> On 10-11-15 01:28 PM, Aaron Goldfein wrote:
>> Hmm. There's almost no point in initiating a criminal CFJ, because
>> clearly Wooble is innocent on account of not being reasonably aware.
>> Thus, I CFJ on the following sentence. The Registrar's most recent
>> report should have included that Tiger became Inactive on 2 May, 2010,
>> as the Registrar is required to include in eir report "when each
>> Inactive player became Inactive."
>>
> 
> I CFJ {If the Registrar's report should, by the rules, have included 
> that Tiger became Inactive on 2 May, 2010, then Wooble would be able to 
> resort to the defense of reasonable error in a criminal CFJ over that 
> rules violation.}
> 
> Arguments: In my view, this case would constitute failure to know the 
> rules, which is not a reasonable defense.

Gratuitous:  Failure to consider a non-obvious potential interpretation
of a rule before someone else points it out does not constitute failure
to know that rule, and thus does constitute a reasonable defense.

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