Re: DIS: Re: BUS: scorched earth escalation

2011-01-25 Thread ais523
On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 21:18 -0800, John Smith wrote: In the interest of maintaining everyone's right to resolve matters of controversy, If and only if no player is currently Grand Vizier, {I register myself as a player. I flip my posture to Sitting. I intend, with notice, to act as

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: scorched earth escalation

2011-01-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, omd wrote: On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Kerim Aydin ke...@u.washington.edu wrote: This distribution of proposal 6958 initiates the Agoran Decision on whether to adopt it.  The eligible voters are the active players at the time of this distribution In case

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: scorched earth escalation

2011-01-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, ais523 wrote: And I was indeed wondering if the attempted mass deregistration violated R101 (how can you resolve a matter of controversy in a remotely fair manner when there's a dictatorship?). Three comments: 1. R101 guarantees an expectation of resolution, but says

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: scorched earth escalation

2011-01-25 Thread comexk
If you were inactive, how could you be an eligible voter? Sent from my iPhone On Jan 25, 2011, at 1:50 PM, Kerim Aydin ke...@u.washington.edu wrote: On Mon, 24 Jan 2011, John Smith wrote: In the interest of maintaining everyone's right to resolve matters of controversy, If and only if

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: scorched earth escalation

2011-01-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, com...@gmail.com wrote: If you were inactive, how could you be an eligible voter? I became active last Tuesday (before the scam) but the Losing Condition of inactivity persists for a week after becoming active (R2130 last sentence) so just ended for me a few hours ago.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: scorched earth escalation

2011-01-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, Kerim Aydin wrote: On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, com...@gmail.com wrote: If you were inactive, how could you be an eligible voter? I became active last Tuesday (before the scam) but the Losing Condition of inactivity persists for a week after becoming active (R2130 last

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: scorched earth escalation

2011-01-25 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Kerim Aydin ke...@u.washington.edu wrote: 2.  At least one absolute ruler is a *byword* for fair resolution (Solomon). The proof of the pudding... Or maybe it's exceptio probat regulam. Fallacies are fun.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: scorched earth escalation

2011-01-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, Geoffrey Spear wrote: On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Kerim Aydin ke...@u.washington.edu wrote: 2.  At least one absolute ruler is a *byword* for fair resolution (Solomon). The proof of the pudding... Or maybe it's exceptio probat regulam. Fallacies are fun. Less

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: scorched earth escalation

2011-01-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, Geoffrey Spear wrote: On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Kerim Aydin ke...@u.washington.edu wrote: 2.  At least one absolute ruler is a *byword* for fair resolution (Solomon). The proof of the pudding... Or maybe it's exceptio probat regulam. Fallacies are fun. And