On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 10:11 PM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I call for judgement on the following statement: >>> All non-public pledges that existed at the time of passage >>> of Proposal 5817 are null and void (i.e. no longer exist). >> >> Note that, contrary to the title of Proposal 5817, private pledges are >> not pointless, because many pledges considered "public" in ordinary >> language are not pubilc contracts. For example, I might say in >> ##nomic: "I Agora-pledge to give ehird one coin ASAP"... > > For non-public pledges, the pledgee(s) should just be a party.
Well, I certainly see the convenience advantage of not requiring agreement for a private contract that only imposes obligations on one party but allows other parties to press for equity if needed. Personally I'm neutral on whether that convenience is greater than the "need" for all agorans to know about all pledges. -G.
