On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 7:34 AM, ihope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Consider what would happen if, in judging a criminal case, a judge > said, "The defendant has stated that e has no intention to follow this > rule in the future. Since ignoring this rule forever is a very serious > offense, I sentence em to EXILE for 60 days; this sentence covers not > only this offense but any future time the defendant breaches this > rule. Therefore, e CANNOT be punished for violating it again."
I think what would happen would be that the judge's incorrect opinion that e can grant immunity for future rules violations would be either appealed or just ignored, since it can't set a precedent that's contradicted by the rules.
