[Nomic] Summary of Proposals 2

[Martin O'Leary]

On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 15:52, Carrie Oliver wrote:
> > 8: The 'Exception that proves the' Rule:
> > A rule may override another rule if and only if it mentions that rule by
> > name. The only exception is this rule, which overrides all others,
> > except those which mention it by name.
> > 
> > Ayes: Maz, JJ, Martin, adam, dok
> > 
> 
> Was there not an objection along the lines of: this allows a rule to
> override another by mentioning it even though this maynot be
> necessary? If this is reworded to cover this I shall agree

I don't think this was an objection, so much as an observation. I hope
it's clear that simply mentioning a rule doesn't make it no longer
valid. You also have to state something which is contrary to the rule
mentioned. So random mentions of rules won't have any effect.

Martin