On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Elliott Hird
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/5/9 Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Breaking the rules is breaking the rules. You can do what you want,
>> but if you don't follow the rules, then you're not playing Agora.
>
> It would seem that EXCUSED provides an avenue for breaking the
> rules, if the alternative is "at least as serious as that alleged". I
> would argue that violating my religion is more serious than the
> accusation.
You left out a rather important part of the EXCUSED clause:
* EXCUSED, appropriate if the defendant could not reasonably
avoid _breaching_ the _rules_ in a manner at least as serious as
that alleged
(Emphasis added.) Violating your religion would not be a breach of
the rules, so the need to do so in order to avoid an actual rule
breach would not be grounds for EXCUSED.
-root
