[Nomic] Summary of Proposals 2

[Carrie Oliver]

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:53:05 +0100, Martin O'Leary <mewo2@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> 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
> 
Seeing as you have all been so bloody picky about the phrasing of the
rules so far should this be made clearer?

Carrie



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