On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 5:43 PM Rebecca via agora-official < agora-offic...@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> CFJ 3834 asks whether or not "In a generic Agoran context, to refer a > proposal to a chamber is > to set its chamber switch to that chamber." > > This CFJ has a very odd statement. Generic means not specific, separated > from an individual thing and instead relating to a certain group or class. > So a generic Agoran context relates to Agora as a concept, rather than a > specific action or time period. This poses a problem for answering the > question that Aris actually meant, which is basically whether or not e can > use the referral shorthand without defining it in future reports. I will > answer the CFJ statement as written rather than attempting to ignore or > rewrite it. > > It's clear to me that there is nothing inherent about "Agoran context" that > transmutes the first phrase into the second one. Both phrases would have > been meaningless in Agoran context until recent changes in the rules. > Anyway, the standard for making a by-announcement action is ambiguity. We > can't make a generic or categorical judgement about the ambiguity of any > specific phrase, but we can judge the ambiguity through context and other > factors of any action that is actually attempted (or even hypothesized). > > I judge this CFJ FALSE. In a generic Agoran context, the first phrase would > have its ordinary meaning or none at all. Only specific context and rules > (which may or may not exist here) could allow the first phrase to > unambiguously mean the second. Fair! I'll come up with a more precisely worded CFJ statement when I have a chance. I thank the honorable judge for eir ruling. -Aris > >
