On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 22:36 -0400, ihope wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Sgeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I agree to the following pledge
> > {
> > I pledge to, upon a player giving me eir entire supply of a currency,
> > give said player all of my supply of that currency, including what
> > that player gave me, as soon as possible.
> > }
>
> Despite this being NTTPF, the rule says, "Contracts are binding
> agreements governed by the rules. Any agreement made by one or more
> persons with the intention that it be binding on them and governed by
> the rules is a contract (unless it would automatically terminate as a
> contract)." Saying that he agrees is obvious evidence that he agrees.
>
> Therefore, I give Sgeo all my VP.
>
> --Ivan Hope CXXVII
I think it can be argued that, although it's certainly possible to make
a contract in a-d (I've made an Agoran contract over IRC before, for
instance), the context of that particular pledge seems to show that it
might not necessarily be true. When Sgeo said that e agreed, it seemed
likely that e was lying; there is no rule against lying in a-d,
therefore it does not seem to me necessarily true that e was making the
offer in the first place. (I would consider it to be a valid contract if
not for the context it was in.)
--
ais523
