> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Alex Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Arguments: Because rule 1586 was repealed, amendments to rule 869 cause
> > the new Citizenship switch to be a distinct entity to the old
> > Citizenship switch (especially because the definitions are different).
> > Thus, the adoption of proposal 7614 left all persons with their
> > Citizenship switches at default values, i.e. Unregistered.
Gratuitous: The rules are currently silent on the continuity of entities.
I've played in many nomics, none of them start out with a continuity of
entities issue, and I've never encountered one that has as an *unwritten
default* that if a rule surrounding a game quantity is amended while keeping
the same name, that that game quantity is entirely reset. There's a
certain degree of common sense that can and should be applied here as
a common-sense test, with a prima facie assumption of continuity being
in the best interests of the game. -G.
