From: Alan Riddell (peekee_at_blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: Tue Apr 01 2003 - 03:59:48 PST
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Gardner" <gardner_at_sng.its.monash.edu.au> To: "The Fantasy Rules Committee" <frc_at_trolltech.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 7:27 AM Subject: Round 206:1 > --- Begin rule submission --- > > April Fool's Day is traditionally a time for jokes and pranks. > Newspapers print fake headlines, etc. So, for this Round, each Rule > must, as this one does, make exactly one claim that is false. > > --- End rule submission --- --- Begin rule submission --- Lets examine the claims that Rule 206:1 makes. 1) April Fool's Day is traditionally a time for jokes. 2) April Fool's Day is traditionally a time for pranks 3) On April Fool's newspapers print fake headlines, etc. 4) For this Round, each Rule must make exactly one claim that is false. 5) Rule 206:1 makes a claim that is false. There is a question that 1) and 2) might both be in the same claim, similarly 4) and 5) might be in the same claim. It should be noted that if 4) is true then 5) is true (assuming the validity of the rule). Now "traditionally" is a strange word as traditions can be current or very long running. While there can be no doubt that in current Western society April Fool's is a time for Jokes, if we examine the history of the day we find things are not so simple. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aprilfools1.html But even in the past those who referred to 1st April as "April Fool's Day" made jokes and played pranks. It does not matter if 1) and 2) are different claims or not. It is not hard to find evidence that some newspapers have printed false headlines on April Fool's Day, so 3) is true. Now if 4) and 5) are one claim they must be false but this becomes circular and generally unpleasant and IMO would cause the Rule to be invalid. So 4) and 5) must be separate claims, if 4) is true and 5) is false there is a contradiction, therefore it must be the case that 5) is true and 4) is false. As such I reimpose the missing rescriction that 206:1 would impose. For this Round, each Rule must make exactly one claim that is false. --- End rule submission --- -- Rule Date: 2003-04-01 11:59:57 GMT
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