On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, ais523 wrote: > On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 10:07 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 10:02 AM, ais523 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Well, I did address them during the converation, and Wooble withdrew eir >>> intent as a result, so the support has no effect. >> >> Sure it does. What matters is whether Goethe announces that e >> supports it, not the validity of eir reasoning in doing so. >> > Ah, you can't support a nonexistent intent, but it seems the intent > still exists, so probably it does work then. (Hmm... if you can withdraw > support but not intent, is that a bug?)
Intent is an announcement. At the moment of announcement, you did in fact intend to do something. You can't remove the fact that you intended to do something at the time of the announcement. This wasn't a bug - you didn't have to follow through if you changed your mind - until we made it so one of the supporters could follow through and do the action. Even now it's not necessarily a bug. -Goethe
