Gratuitous arguments: I reported this as effective, as the intent is clear and unambiguous.
—CBC Machiavelli On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Ed Murphy <emurph...@socal.rr.com> wrote: > Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=3285 > > ============================== CFJ 3285 ============================== > > I own a Max Schutz card. > > ======================================================================== > > Caller: ais523 > > Judge: Murphy > Judgement: > > ======================================================================== > > History: > > Called by ais523: 05 Nov 2012 05:13:12 GMT > Assigned to Murphy: (as of this message) > > ======================================================================== > > Caller's Arguments: > > The intent of the message is clear, so the main question is > whether it's equivalent to the sequence of actions necessary to fulfil > that intent (transferring a card, transferring a promise from the tree, > cashing the promise). For an argument for FALSE, see CFJ 2887, although > the circumstances are not exactly the same. On the other hand, we allow > small deviations from being perfectly explicit all the time. So where > exactly is the line drawn? > > ======================================================================== > > Caller's Evidence: > > On Mon, 2012-11-05 at 00:08 -0500, Max Schutz wrote: >> ok let's try this one more time I cash this promise by accepting a >> copy of an ais523 in exchange for a max schutz card >> >> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Alex Smith <ais...@bham.ac.uk> wrote: >> On Mon, 2012-11-05 at 00:01 -0500, Max Schutz wrote: >> > alright providing i understand this correctly I cash the >> promise bearing in >> > mind that i do not have a copy of the ais523 card if this is >> incorrect >> > please let me know as i am a new player >> >> It's incorrect both because you sent it to the wrong mailing >> list and >> because you didn't give me a card in return earlier in the >> same message. >> >> -- >> ais523 > > the promise I created earlier > today (which is currently unnamed until Horton gets around to giving it > one). > > ========================================================================
