On Fri, 9 May 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Oh, this is just a specious analogy. "Without objection"'s public >> mechanism and waiting period strongly implies that you are asking for >> tacit permission from the public to perform the action, and that you >> can't perform the action without that permission. > > Good point. Try this one instead. A fleet of Vogon bureaucrats can > build a hyperspace bypass, which requires demolishing existing > infrastructure. To do so, they must first deposit plans for the > construction at the local planning office several decades in advance > for public review. But this is not to say that demolishing the Earth > (after waiting the requisite time with no objection) is not something > they could do.
That's a fine example, because our courts are fairer than the Vogons. For example, a "public" posting in the basement of the Alpha Centauri Planning Office (behind the broken stairs) is not in fact public enough to give a chance for review (CFJ 1905). In other words, doing something W/O objection is *not* something you could legally do without allowing for true (dependent on others) review. -Goethe
