Re: 205:1

From: Steve Gardner (gardner_at_sng.its.monash.edu.au)
Date: Wed Mar 19 2003 - 16:52:44 PST


On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Jeff Weston (Sir Toby) wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Steve Gardner wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Karl Low wrote:
> > 
> > > Not to horn in on the judge on eir first time or anything, but this
> > > rule seems to me to be inconsistent with the R.O's
> > 
> > Why, Karl?
> > 
> > The Judge will now hear arguments.
> 
> Well, not being Karl, I don't know his exact reason why. However, being
> the rule's author, I have a vested interest in figuring out Karl's
> objection, and submitting my own arguments. I imagine the culprit here is
> RO #6:
> 
> 6.  Judge.  The Judge is responsible for interpreting the ordinances and
>     determining the validity of fantasy rules. If a fantasy rule is
>     inconsistent with itself, previously posted valid fantasy rules, or
>     the regular ordinances, then the Judge shall declare that rule invalid
>     or unsuccesful, otherwise e shall declare it valid.
> 
> I guess there could be a potential conflict with how my 205:1 tries to
> regulate how inconsistencies between fantasy rules are handled. In
> particular, I specify that under certain circumstances, certain
> inconsistencies within the fantasy rules can be ignored. Basically, my
> rule can be thought of as introducing a refined definition for
> inconsistencies. Specifically, I introduce a mechanism where some
> inconsistencies are not treated as inconsistencies for the purpose of RO #
> 6.
> 
> Nowhere in my rule do I attempt to change the judging process as specified
> by RO #6. I do provide a more refined version, or interpretation, of
> inconsistent, but the ROs don't provide a definition for inconsistent
> themselves. The interpretation of inconsistent has generally been left up
> to the Judge. I feel that there is also room for fantasy rules themselves
> to specify how inconsistent can be interpreted.

I agree. I'll wait to hear from Karl before making an official
judgement. However, at the moment my intention is to Judge the Rule
VALID.

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Rule Date: 2003-03-20 00:53:03 GMT


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