On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I were to post to a public forum any of the following > statements, I would be a player: 1. I am a player. 2. I > declare myself to be a player.
I think the distinction here is whether the statement would generally be interpreted as taking an action. "I am a player" is not an action, so posting that to a public forum would simply be stating that you are a player. "I declare myself to be a player", on the other hand, is much more likely to be an action, and given how lenient we want to be with these things, it ought to make a person a player. I assume that Blaise Pascal is not a player but CAN register. I think the proper interpretation of "any" here (darn that "any"!) is that all of the statements would result in becoming a player. 1 would not but 2 would, so the answer is FALSE. Sound good? --Ivan Hope CXXVII
