[Nomic] Attempted scam...

Jonathan David Amery nomic-talk at srcf.ucam.org
Tue Sep 28 08:09:05 2004


> Jonathan David Amery wrote:
> >  I note that Rule Three fails to actually state that the list it
> > requires is the List of Voters; indeed looking at the web page, since
> > it contains a pseudonym it appears to be the List of Handles.
> > 
> >  Hence, no thing currently exists called the List of Voters.
> > 
> >  Also, Rule 1 fails to define what an entity is.
> > 
> >  Therefore I assert that a List of Voters is not an entity, so rule 1
> > does not apply.
> 
> I disagree with this assertion, but I think it's the only hole in the 
> argument...
> 
 I think there're lots of holes in the argument; but I agree that's
the one where I had to stretch hardest...

 Hmm; looking at my copy of the oed; there's a definite argument in
English that something that doesn't exist can't be an entity, but I
don't think I'll pursue that.

 WC.