On Feb 7, 2008 8:38 PM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 7, 2008 7:13 PM, Ben Caplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A nomic is an entity defined by a set of explicit rules that > > provide means for themselves to be altered arbitrarily, including > > changes to those rules which govern rule changes. > I suggest a "generally" here.. Consider B Nomic. They have a > > > Rule 4E41: Ceci n'est pas un titre > > > > There is a Rule 4E41, but it cannot be named. > > > > Any message to the Public Forum which refers to, mentions, or > > alludes to Rule 4E41, its title, or its contents, is disregarded and > > treated as if it had never reached the Public Forum. > > > > [[This applies to specific references to Rule 4E41 or to a set of > > Rules or a block of text containing it, NOT to references to the > > Ruleset or Rules in general.]] > > Right now, there are still ways to repeal it, but whether on purpose > or by accident this useless rule might become immutable some day, and > then B'd no longer be a nomic by our standards!
I think the Emergency rule would need to be repealed as well; it says nothing of the Emergency Forum. Still, if enough B players want to turn it into a non-nomic, then Agora shouldn't try to bend over backwards to make its own definitions fit whatever the hell it becomes. At least the attempt to rename it "Monopoly" failed, or the whole thing would probably be shut down in a trademark lawsuit.
