[Nomic] Notice of Consensus: The Rule of Assumed Consent

[John-Joseph Wilks]

This is a lilac-coloured Notice of Consensus for the following rule to be 
added to the ruleset
The Rule of Assumed Consent:
A player shall be considered to have given their consent to a proposal if 
the following are true:
The proposal was suggested more than 72 hours ago, and they haven't 
explicitly expressed a lack of consent.



>>>>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, Madeleine, Stumo, Carrie
>
>+Aye: Mike
>

is awaiting Notice of Consensus from whoever proposed it.

>>Bored Of Being Board
>>
>>There shall exist an infinite, 2-dimensional integer grid (a copy of
>>Z^2), henceforth known as The Board. The Board, and the location of
>>entities upon it, shall be considered part of the state of the game. If
>>at any point a member of the List of Voters lacks a location on The
>>Board, their location shall be set to (0,0).
>>===
>>
>>Proposer: Martin
>>Aye: JJ, Stumo, adam, Carrie, Madeleine, dok
>>
>
>+Aye: Mike

is awaiting Notice of Consensus from Martin


5 of the 6 proposals adam made simultaneously are also awaiting Notice of 
Consensus from him.


>John-Joseph Wilks wrote:
>>>>4. The Law of Lizardmen. This is a pair of linked suggestions taking one 
>>>>the following form:
>>>>The Rule of Autoadoption:
>>>>
>>>>Any entities which are elegible to be members of the List of Voters
>>>>may join the game providing that the following conditions are satisfied:
>>>>1) They have subscribed to the mailing list (if there is one).
>>>>2) They are not already in the List of Voters.
>>>>3) They have made a post to the mailing list declaring that:
>>>>a) All of 1-3 are satisfied.
>>>>b) They are not a lizardman from Antares IV.
>>>>c) They wish to join the game.
>>>>Once these events have happened then they are added to the List of
>>>>Voters, and are deemed to have joined the game.  Their consent is not
>>>>needed on any issues that require consent that are under consideration
>>>>at the time of their joining the game.
>>>>
>>>>A Planet? Where Lizards evolved from Men?
>>>>All entities eligible to be members of the List Of Voters (Which shall 
>>>>be all living extranomic entities of the species Homo Sapiens Sapiens) 
>>>>shall be considered to be lizardmen from Antares IV until a member of 
>>>>the List Of Voters states "I do not believe <name of entity> is a 
>>>>lizardman from
>>>>Antares IV", where "<name of entity>" is to be replaced with the name of 
>>>>the entity in question. No existing member of the List Of Voters is a 
>>>>lizardman from Antares IV.
>>>>
>>>>Ayes: adam, Maz, JJ, Carrie, Madeleine, dok, Stumo, Mike
>>
>>
>>(awaiting Martin's verdict on this wording of it)
>>
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>6: The Law of Lexicography (reworded
>>>
>>>There shall be a dictionary, called the Definitions Dictionary.  The
>>>definitions given in the Definitions Dictionary superceed the usual
>>>English meaning of terms for the purposes of the game; but are
>>>overriden by explicit rules wording.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Ayes: Maz, Mike, Madeleine, Stumo, Martin, JJ, adam
>>>>Not yet responded to the change: Carrie, dok
>>>>

>>But I can't hear it!
>>
>>/* -- REM, Radio Song */
>>
>>Any text in a rule between C-style comment delimiters; as demonstrated
>>above; has no rules effect, and exists only as a comment
>>
>>Proposer: Madeleine
>>Aye: JJ
>>Nay: adam, dok
>>
>
>+Aye: Mike
>

>
>>
>>
>>Proposal for the creation of the rule "A job? What's that then?"
>>---
>>Each member of the list of voters will have their BANK accounts increased 
>>by one currency unit at midnight each night.
>>---
>>Prop: Stumo
>>Aye: Carrie, Madeleine, dok, Martin, JJ
>
>+Aye: Mike
>


>>Insufficient Notices
>>
>>Any voting entity who creates a document purporting to be a Notice of 
>>Consensus which is not in fact valid shall be guilty of the crime of 
>>Taking Insufficient Notice. ==========
>>
>>Prop: adam
>>  Aye: Stumo, dok, JJ, Madeleine
>>
>
>+Aye: Mike
>
>>
>>Oy, that's unfair!
>>
>>No rule may discriminate between players except on the basis of
>>in-game factors.
>>
>>Prop: Madeleine
>>Nay: JJ

>+Nay: Mike
>
>>
>>
>>Proposal for the creation of the rule "Screw you, Anti Capitalists"
>>---
>>Each member of the list of voters will have an associated account with The 
>>"Bank of Anarchic Neurotic Kleptomaniacs" (The BANK). This account 
>>consists of a non-negative integer of Currency. All accounts begin with 
>>balance zero. Balances will be looked after by the Chief Cashier, who 
>>should publish a breakdown of balances and transaction history for each 
>>day. The post of Chief Cashier will be a Ministry post, should this phrase 
>>have any meaning in the game.
>>---
>>Prop: Stumo
>>Aye: JJ, Martin, Madeleine, Mike

>>Proposal for the creation of the rule "Who's the banker in the black?"
>>---
>>The Chief Cashier will be Stuart Moore
>>---
>>Prop: Stumo
>>Aye: JJ, Martin, Madeleine
>
>+Aye: Mike
>
>>
>>
>>
>>1. Any two players whose locations on the Bored of Being Board are the 
>>same are Friendly.
>>Any player whose location is at least 4 units from all other players 
>>(under a Euclidean metric) is a Loner.
>>
>>Prop: JJ
>>Aye: Madeleine, Stumo
>
>+Aye: Mike
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>2. Any player may spend a unit of Currency from their BANK account at any 
>>time to move their location one orthogonal unit on the Board, informing 
>>the other players of this fact and their new location.
>>
>>Prop: JJ
>>Aye: Madeleine, Stumo
>
>+Aye: Mike
>
>>
>>
>>
>>3. This one's the biggie. Half the point of proposing this is just to get 
>>real discussion going on the subject:
>>
>>I propose changing the wording of Rule 4, Consensus of Opinion from:
>>
>>A Consensus of Opinion on a particular issue exists when one entity named 
>>on the List of Voters makes a proposal describing the issue to all other 
>>entities named on the List of Voters, obtains unambiguous consent to that 
>>proposal from each such entity and then posts a public Notice of Consensus 
>>to the other members detailing the issue upon which Consensus of Opinion 
>>has been reached.
>>
>>to:
>>
>>A Consensus of Opinion on a particular issue exists when one entity named 
>>on the List of Voters makes a proposal describing the issue to all other 
>>entities named on the List of Voters, obtains unambiguous consent to that 
>>proposal from each such entity that will be affected differently to all 
>>other such entities and all but at most one other such entity, and then 
>>posts a public Notice of Consensus to the other members detailing the 
>>issue upon which Consensus of Opinion has been reached.
>>
>>Prop: JJ
>>Aye: Madeleine
>
>+Nay: Mike
>
>everyone will be treated differently by almost every rule - either 
>preferentially or negatively by the rule.
>
>Mike

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