Proposal: "Pledge Timelines" AI=1.7 Coauthor='G.' {{{ Replace the text of Rule 2450 with the following: {{{ Breaking a publicly-made pledge is a cardable offense. If a publicly-made pledge says that a person will do something, without providing a time limit, then e SHALL in a timely manner in order to not break said pledge. }}} }}}
That clears things up a bit, yeah? On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 4:34 PM Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > Good point. In common language terms and current legal effect, "I pledge > to do X" is synonymous with "Pledge: I SHALL do X", so why bother with > the latter, as it's more confusingly written? > > On the flip side, maybe "I pledge to do X" would be judged (in current > ruleset) to contain an implicit SHALL. > > Putting this amendment in would make the two explicitly different though, > so that "I pledge to do X" would not invoke the time limit, but "I SHALL > do X" would (maybe). Not sure if that's bug or feature... > > On Mon, 22 May 2017, Gaelan Steele wrote: > > I don't know if I've ever seen someone use all-caps SHALL in a pledge. > > > > On May 22, 2017, at 3:07 PM, Quazie <quazieno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Proposal: "Pledge Timelines" AI=1.7 Coauthor='G.' > > {{{ > > Replace the text of Rule 2450 with the following: > > {{{ > > Breaking a publicly-made pledge is a cardable offense. If a > publicly-made pledge > > says a person SHALL do something, without providing a time limit, > then e SHALL in > > a timely manner in order to not break said pledge. > > }}} > > }}} > >