[Nomic] whoops

Adam Biltcliffe nomic-talk at srcf.ucam.org
Wed Sep 29 11:10:01 2004


Dammit, I knew I'd fluff that up. I missed out the important sentence I 
knew I really had to include. Fortunately, I think there's an out.

The new Rule 18, Imperious Emperor declares that I can make any change to 
the gamestate I desire. This conflicts with Rule 2, Mutability of the 
Rules, which says that the rules can't change except when a Consensus of 
Opinion exists, and I forgot to put in an overriding clause, so the rules 
contain an unresolvable conflict.

However, I believe I should still definitely be allowed to make changes to 
the gamestate *not* affecting the rules. Since the List of Voters now 
definitely *is* an entity existing within the game, I can change it. So, I 
remove evryone except me from the List of Voters. Then I propose, consent 
to and issue a pink Notice of Consensus for the following proposal:

  Append the sentence 'This rule takes precedence over Rule 2,
  Mutability of the Rules' to Rule 18, Imperious Emperor.

That done, I restore the List of Voters to what it was before I sent this 
email. Conflict resolved.

I'm not updating any of this onto the website just yet, since I thought I'd 
see if anyone finds fault with my coup first. If they don't, of course, I'm 
slacking in my duty as Minister of Freedom; sorry about that.

adam