I wrote:
> Proposal: Clarify emergency distribution
> (AI = 3, please)
>
> Amend Rule 106 (Adopting Proposals) by replacing this text:
>
> If the Rules do not otherwise permit at least one current active
> player to distribute a Proposal, then any player may do so
> Without 3 Objections.
>
> with this text:
>
> If it is not otherwise POSSIBLE for at least one current active
> player to distribute a given proposal, then any player CAN do so
> without 3 objections.
Commentary on the choices made here, all made with the conceptual
purpose of this clause (protecting Agora's nomic-ness) in mind:
Both MMI ambiguities ("permit", "may") are resolved in favor of
CAN. (If the rules can be changed, but only by violating a SHALL,
then DISCHARGE is appropriate.) Note that this never applies while
Promotor remains unbroken (e CAN distribute undistributable proposals,
e merely violates a SHALL by doing so).
The scope ambiguity ("a Proposal") is resolved in favor of one
proposal at a time. (If only proposals with the text "Create a
rule with text 'Fun toys are fun' and then repeal it" can be
distributed, then Agora's nomic-ness is effectively broken.)
