On Wed, 7 May 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > I should have followed this up with an example. An existing contest > seems apropos. Would you not agree that the Enigma contract's > contesthood is a part of that agreement? Or similarly, that the > Pineapple Partnership's partnershiphood is a part of that contract?
For the contest, I would not. Enigma could function identically: post messages awarding "points", track those points, etc. even if it wasn't a contest. Whether Agora chooses to recognize those points is a part of Agoran rules, not an intrinsic property of the contract (though it is a property of players' motivations in joining). Contest-ness is tracked by Agorans within Agoran records, and is not "part of" the contract. Is the fact that you are supine, leaning, standing, etc. an intrinsic part of yourself? Or is it an external label applied by Agoran rules? Partnerships I'm not so sure of, I'd tend towards the same line of thought, but "personhood" is something intrinsic so the relationship may be a bit more intimate. -Goethe
