[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.