On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 2:21 AM, Ed Murphy <emurph...@socal.rr.com> wrote: > ehird wrote: > >> 2009/3/28 Alex Smith <ais...@bham.ac.uk>: >>> I cause rule 2214 to amend itself by replacing its text with "Indy CAN >>> cause this rule to amend itself by announcement.", using the authority >>> from Open It Up. >>> >>> -- >>> ais523 >> >> Context: >> >> This actually works because of B Nomic's gamestate. No -- really. >> >> The late fourth era, it turns out, never existed. So, the proposal to >> move the Monster never passed. Me and ais523 realised this on IRC. >> >> And rule 2214 -- the bootstrap rule -- mentioned the possibility of >> repealing it by announcement once the proposal passed in B. > > It also mentioned the possibility of repealing it by announcement once > the proposal failed in B.
Yes, but it didn't - because the proposal never *existed* in B.
