On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. I don't think an unnamed possible privilege in a foreign nomic counts > as the *rules defining* a person as possessing a *specific* privilege as > required to be a R101 privilege. The specificity of R101 as requiring > a rules definition probably does not allow the definition power to be > delegated, and even if it does so allow, R2148 is not specific enough > about the privilege to do it.
You wrote earlier that you thought the privilege grant probably worked... > 2. Didn't we decide via CFJ that the whole privilege clause prohibits > punishment but doesn't grant ability? In other words, if you have > a privilege, the Rules SHALL NOT restrict you from doing it, but don't > enable that you CAN do it. Note that R101 doesn't really define how a > "privilege" functions, just that if you have a privilege, rules don't > restrict it. For example, as quoted before "I have the privilege to > fly!" "I'm not saying you don't. Go right ahead." There's nothing that says privileges can't grant ability in general. The specific privilege defined by R101 does not, because it doesn't specify any particular mechanism. The privilege granted by the Embassy, on the other hand, is quite clear about the mechanism. -root
