Re: DIS: Protoproposal: Lynching

2008-02-03 Thread Zefram
Ian Kelly wrote: As a practical matter, how is the first question decided without at least some common knowledge as to how the second question will be decided? The decision to ostracise is made in the presence of common knowledge of the existence of a particular conflict. In the present case,

Re: DIS: Protoproposal: Lynching

2008-02-02 Thread Zefram
Josiah Worcester wrote: Fair enough. Now, I just want to know: do you agree with the mechanism *itself*? I'm slightly uneasy about it, but not implacably opposed. I'd probably vote PRESENT if you proposed with the bugfixes. Actually, some months ago I pondered proposing something similar

Re: DIS: Protoproposal: Lynching

2008-02-02 Thread Ian Kelly
On Feb 2, 2008 3:28 PM, Zefram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ostracism is an interesting process to stand alongside criminal law and equity law. In the Athenian form, it works pretty much the opposite way round from criminal law: first it is decided that an ostracism should occur, *then* it is

Re: DIS: Protoproposal: Lynching

2008-02-02 Thread comex
On Feb 2, 2008 4:45 PM, Josiah Worcester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I submit the following proposal, Lynching, with AI=3: Create the following rule, entitled 'Lynching', with power=3: Without objection, a player may be Lynched. A lynched player is deregistered, and may not register

Re: DIS: Protoproposal: Lynching

2008-02-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Roger Hicks wrote: Hmm.proto: Ostracism { Create a new rule titled Ostracism with the text: {{ As soon as possible after the beginning of each month the IADoP SHALL initiate an Agoran Decision to ostracize. In this decision the valid options are the players,

Re: DIS: Protoproposal: Lynching

2008-02-02 Thread Ben Caplan
On Sunday 03 February 2008 12:00 Roger Hicks wrote: Ostracism { Create a new rule titled Ostracism with the text: {{ As soon as possible after the beginning of each month the IADoP SHALL initiate an Agoran Decision to ostracize. In this decision the valid options are the players, quorum is

Re: DIS: Protoproposal: Lynching

2008-02-02 Thread Roger Hicks
On Feb 2, 2008 11:40 PM, Ben Caplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 03 February 2008 12:00 Roger Hicks wrote: Ostracism { Create a new rule titled Ostracism with the text: {{ As soon as possible after the beginning of each month the IADoP SHALL initiate an Agoran Decision to