> Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=1882a
Appellant Zefram's Arguments: > Per R754 that definition applies *by default*. > It makes perfect sense as a modifier to make "register" refer to > something other than the default (registration as a player), specifically > to refer to listing in the registrar's report as a watcher. You have > completely omitted to address whether such modifying clauses can overcome > a rule-supplied default meaning. In ordinary language, modifiers can indeed play a role in determining the base meaning of a word. For example, the word "run" means two entirely different things in the sentences "I will run for President" and "I will run around the block". The question then is whether the same applies in selecting non-rule-based definitions over rule-based definitions. This point is not addressed by woggle's judgement. E does argue that "Pavitra's awareness that e might become a player through this statement suggests that there is no need to attempt to find other meanings of "to be registered". However, it is a custom in Agora that form is more important than intention when interpreting actions, so I do not consider this treatment sufficient. For these reasons, I intend to cause the panel to judge REMAND in CFJ 1882a. > You've completely omitted to address whether there is adequate basis > for the word "watcher", when used as a singular proper name, to refer > to any particular entity. I don't think that there is a significant omission here. The precedent from CFJ 1361 is that "a nickname is a name that a Player chooses for emself, that can be reliably used to pick em out in the full range of Agoran contexts". The first condition has not been called into question here, while the second was indirectly addressed by the prior judge's argument that the CFJ's statement is not ambiguous. Appellant pikhq's Arguments: > I SUPPORT, recommending a) remand to woggle b) woggle, please proto this. :p I'll just note here that in fact woggle did proto this judgement, and the objections leading to this appeal were not raised until it was made official four and a half days later. -root
