[Nomic] (proposal) we need this

[Adam Biltcliffe]

I would like to propose some more rules, since we're getting to the point 
where it would be really nice to be able to resolve disputes. Here are four 
separate new-rule proposals, since people might want to plug-and-play with 
parts of this:

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Clerk of the Vatican

The Ministry shall contain a post called the Clerk of the Vatican. The 
duties of the Clerk of the Vatican shall include maintaining and making 
publically available a list of entities who are willing to judge disputes 
over the interpretation of the rules or gamestate. ----------

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Judgement Procedure

If a member of the List of Voters wishes to assert the validity of a claim 
which refers solely to the rules or gamestate, that entity make invoke the 
Judgement Procedure by publically claiming to be invoking the Judgement of 
the Pope and supplying the statement whose validity is under question. The 
invoking entity may also present an argument suporting the statement. 
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White Smoke

When an entity invokes the Judgement of the Pope, it shall be the duty of 
the Clerk of the Vatican to select an entity to act as Pope in the 
resolution of that claim. This selection shall be performed by uniform 
random selection from the set of all entities which:
  a) have informed the Clerk of the Vatican that they are willing to act as 
Pope, and not subsequently retracted that statement
  b) are not considered to be lizardmen from Antares IV
  c) are not the entity invoking the Judgement of the Pope If this set is 
empty, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Vatican to cause it to 
cease being so. ----------

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Papal Edicts

When the Judgement of the Pope has been invoked and the Clerk of the 
Vatican has selected an entity to act as Pope, the Pope may pass judgement 
on the claim.

Legal judgements shall be:
 TRUE if the Pope believes the claim to be true with respect to all aspects 
of the current state of the game
 FALSE if the Pope believes the claim not to be true with respect to all 
aspects of the current state of the game
 Either TRUE or FALSE if the Pope believes the claim to be ambiguous with 
respect to all aspects of the current state of the game, depending on the 
Pope's beliefs about the original intent of the rules and the entities 
which have acted on the game, which interpretation makes more sense and 
which interpretation will lead to a more enjoyable game
 AN OFFENCE AGAINST GOD if the Pope believes that the invocation of 
judgement was not correctly made or that it would be otherwise 
inappropriate to pass judgement

When the Pope rules a claim TRUE or FALSE, that ruling shall be used to 
determine future interpretations of the rules and gamestate. ----------

adam