From: Henry P Towsner (htowsner_at_stanford.edu)
Date: Sat Aug 17 2002 - 17:05:29 PDT
> Six: In some place, at some time, all of you held positions of a
> secret nature and had knowledge that was invaluable to an enemy.
>
> Crowd: <silence>
>
> Six: Like me, you are here to have that knowledge protected...
> or extracted.
>
> Two: That's the stuff to give 'em.
>
> Six: Unlike me, many of you have accepted the situation of your
> imprisonment and will die here like rotten cabbages.
>
> Two: Keep going - they love it.
>
> Six: The rest of you have gone over to the side of our keepers. Which
> is which? How many of each? Who's standing beside you now? I
> intend to discover who are the prisoners and who the warders. I
> shall be running for office in this election.
>
> Thus we see that the title of ultimate authority is Number Two, and that
> eir authority derives from democratic election by the citizens.
>
> Number Two, in eir infinite wisdom, has declared that the next rule shall
> give Six's answer to the following question:
>
> Two: Why did you resign?
Judgement INVALID
Style +0.5
Alas, while this rule does comment on the source of Number Two's
authority, it neglects its own.
As for style, I have to admit I wanted to see that question
answered, which is worth a little style.
Juge Henry
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Rule Date: 2002-08-18 00:05:57 GMT
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