On Mon, 2017-05-22 at 19:20 -0700, Gaelan Steele wrote: > I CFJ on these statements: > > “Any player may take the office of Rulekeepor with 2 support.” [i.e. > I got a pink slip] > “o committed a cardable offense in issuing a Pink Slip to Gaelan.” > > I bar o from both CFJs.
These are CFJ 3508 and CFJ 3509 respectively. I assign them to CuddleBeam. > Arguments: > > I don’t believe I committed a crime. o claimed that I committed > Forgery; there is no crime named “Forgery” in the ruleset, the only > match in the SLR for “forgery” is the crime of Endorsing Forgery > (“Ratification Without Objection” 2202/6). There are several problems > with this: > There is no crime named Forgery. > I explicitly noted that the attempt at apathy was separate from the > report, therefore (assuming that worked) it was not within a ratified > document. > Reports are self-ratified, not ratified without objection. > Therefore, there is no evidence that I broke the rules. Even so, a > Pink Slip is not appropriate. 2476/0 “Pink Slips” states that a pink > slip is appropriate "for abuses of official power for personal > gain. A Pink Slip CANNOT be issued unless the reason indicates the > specific office or offices whose power was abused.” The ability to > send long messages to a public forum in which one could hide a > dependent action is not a power granted to the Rulekeepor by the > rules; it provides an alibi, but that is not a rule-defined power. > > I believe it is very clear that the issuance of the Pink Slip was > against the rules. However, the rules regarding Cards is a mishmash > of CAN NOTs and SHALL NOTs, and I’m not sure if any of the CAN NOTs > were triggered, hence the two CFJs. > > On May 22, 2017, at 6:30 PM, Gaelan Steele <g...@canishe.com> wrote: > > > > I don’t think the Pink Slip is valid. > > > > Rule 2476/0: "A Pink Slip is a type of Card that is appropriate for > > abuses of official power for personal gain. A Pink Slip CANNOT be > > issued unless the reason indicates the specific office or offices > > whose power was abused.” > > > > The only reason being Rulekeepor aided me in this attempt at > > victory is that I had an excuse to publish a huge message; the > > ability to publish huge amounts of text is not a power given to the > > Rulekeepor by the rules. I could have, for example, hidden the > > attempt to win by Apathy in a written-out version of my Agency > > scam. There was no abuse of a specific power exclusive to the > > Rulekeepor. > > > > Gaelan > > > On May 21, 2017, at 10:46 PM, Owen Jacobson <o...@grimoire.ca> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On May 21, 2017, at 1:37 AM, Gaelan Steele <g...@canishe.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > The following section is not a portion of the report: > > > > For the purposes of this section, The Sentence is “I intend, > > > > without objection, to declare [word], specifying myself.” > > > > I execute The Sentence, substituting [word] for a word > > > > beginning with “ap” that is a synonym for “not caring.” > > > > > > This appears to be an attempt to abuse the office of Rulekeepor > > > for personal gain, in the form of initiating a victory by Apathy > > > for Gaelan while hiding it within the voluminous reports required > > > of eir office. That the attempt may not succeed does not justify > > > eir intentions. Accordingly, I issue Gaelan a Pink Slip for abuse > > > of the office of Rulekeepor for the crime of Forgery. > > > > > > Gaelan: in spite of this censure, you remain Rulekeepor. I leave > > > it to the discretion of Agora as a whole whether you should hold > > > that office in light of this serious offence. Within the next > > > seven days, any player may, with two support, take over an office > > > which you hold. I stand aside, and will not support usurpation, > > > but neither will I object. The office of Rulekeepor is essential > > > to the functioning of Agora as a Nomic, and by abusing your > > > authority to publish reports and compromising the trust players > > > place in their content, you have put the integrity of the game at > > > risk. > > > > > > -o > > > -- ais523 Arbitor
