On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > Of course that question doesn't initiate a CFJ. But the question this > case is concerned with was "Do I hereby initiate an inquiry CFJ on > this sentence?" The CFJ 1894 translation of that would be "I hereby > initiate an inquiry CFJ on this sentence." Do you deny that this > latter statement would have the effect of initiating a CFJ?
The "question yes/no = equivalent statement true/false" is a legal fiction that applies only after the CFJ is initiated. Until that CFJ is clearly initiated, the answer to the question (yes/no) is clearly different than the action effect of a directive statement "I hereby DO". *sigh* you're going to make me answer this, aren't you? -Goethe
