On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Even if the contract is backed by a rule that specifically says you're >>> bound by it? If I make a contract that requires officers to publish >>> reports, that doesn't exempt the officers who haven't agreed to it >>> from publishing reports. >> >> If you make a contract whose TEXT says what the contents of the reports >> must be, then no one who is not a member has to follow that text. Otherwise >> that non-member would be bound by the text, which is against R101. > > Now there can be no rule-based obligations except on those who > willingly join my pledge, since those obligations would evidently > cause their targets to become bound by my pledge against their will.
Now you are extrapolating based on me leaving out the obvious. I meant of course "If you make a contract whose TEXT says what the contents of the reports must be, then no one who is not a member has to follow that text BECAUSE OF THAT TEXT." There may of course be other texts that the person has agreed to that create the same obligation, though not texts that create the obligation by deferring to the not-agreed-to text. -Goethe
