From: Richard S. Holmes (rsholmes_at_MailBox.Syr.Edu)
Date: Fri May 31 2002 - 11:50:22 PDT
rsholmes_at_mailbox.syr.edu (Richard S. Holmes) writes: > "Jonathan Van Matre" <JVanMatre_at_oslp.com> writes: > > > It has again come to the attention of the FRC Oversight Committee that > > recent rounds have contained an inordinate number of errors, ranging > > from the merely grammatical to errors in judgement. For example, use of > > the non-word "proceedure" and an ill-advised pun on the name of the > > current pontiff and an obscure Texas Libertarian politician were both > > committed in the previous round. Therefore, all FRC members are > > enjoined to take corrective action whenever they discern an error > > committed by another member of the FRC. > > > > However, FRC members are advised to remain cautious of committing > > slander, libel, or defamation. Please bear in mind the three criteria > > for defamation: > > > > 1) The statement must be untrue, > > 2) The statement must be communicated to a third party, and > > 3) The statement must be demonstrably harmful to the reputation of the > > victim. > > > > For the purposes of this round, a player's total accumulated Style > > points in the round will be considered a reflection of eir Reputation. > > > > Players may submit Rules claiming damages for defamation. Any rule > > found guilty of defamation (as a result of the rule claiming defamation > > being ruled VALID) will have its ruling changed to INVALID as > > punishment. At the Judge's discretion, Style/Reputation points may also > > be adjusted as a further penalty or compensation for harm from > > defamation. > > JUDGEMENT: Inconsistent with (the other, prior) 185.3, submitted > shortly before and presumably unknown to Jonathan, therefore > UNSUCCESSFUL. > > STYLE: Resubmission. -1.0. I change my judgement to VALID, but with no change to the style points. -- - Rich Holmes Syracuse, NY -- Rule Date: 2002-05-31 18:50:30 GMT
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