On Sat, 4 Oct 2008, Benjamin Schultz wrote:
> On Oct 4, 2008, at 10:16 PM, ihope wrote:
>
>> I agree to the following: {This is a pledge. Ivan Hope CXXVII can
>> terminate this pledge at any time. The Thing Of Purely Sentimental
>> Value is a singleton asset whose recordkeepor is Ivan Hope CXXVII. If
>> Ivan Hope CXXVII claims to be the Ambassador while not the Ambassador,
>> any person CAN, as penalty, transfer The Thing Of Purely Sentimental
>> Value to emself within the next seven days.}
>>
>> I am the Ambassador.
>>
>> --Ivan Hope CXXVII
>
>
> I'm not sure what's being tested here, but I'll trigger it anyway.
It's because now e can claim that e has been "punished" by losing
the Thing, so that a criminal punishment would be double-jeopardy.
Cute, hopefully an intelligent judge would find that this was not
in fact a real punishment.
-Goethe
