The below is CFJ 3769. I assign it to twg.
On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 6:59 PM Jason Cobb <jason.e.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I CFJ: "When the action of ratification of a public document is > performed, Rule 1551 is the agent that performs certain changes to the > gamestate." > > > Evidence: > > { > > Excerpt from Rule 1551 ("Ratification"): > > > A public document is part (possibly all) of a public message. > > > > When a public document is ratified, rules to the contrary > > notwithstanding, the gamestate is modified to what it would be if, > > at the time the ratified document was published, the gamestate had > > been minimally modified to make the ratified document as true and > > accurate as possible; > > > Excerpt from Rule 2202 ("Ratification Without Objection"): > > > Any player CAN, without objection, ratify a public document, > > specifying its scope. > > } > > > Arguments: > > { > > The Rules do not define what the action of ratifying a public document > actually _is_, although they do provide methods by which the action of > ratifying a public document can be performed. Instead of defining what > the action is, Rule 1551 states that whenever a public document happens > to be ratified (by some method), "the gamestate is modified [in a > certain way]". That is, the changes to the gamestate are a side-effect > of the ratification and not part of the performance of the action of > ratifying a public document. > > I therefore argue that whatever entity happens to be performing the > ratification is not necessarily the same as the entity modifying the > gamestate. > > To make matters worse, this part of Rule 1551 is written in the passive > voice, so it does not provide a clear agent. Given that Rule 1551 is the > only Rule that describes this modification, and does not provide any > other way for another entity to be the agent that performs the changes > to the gamestate (because the changes are only a side-effect of the > ratification), the only entity that could possibly be the agent here is > Rule 1551 itself. > > } > > > -- > Jason Cobb >