On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 6:03 PM, comex <com...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I don't buy that. The rules are self-empowered, per R2141: "A rule is >>> a type of instrument with the capacity to govern the game generally." >>> Suppose I were to publish a document like the following: >> >> I agree with everything that follows this paragraph, but after reading >> it several times I can't figure out how it has anything to do with the >> topic. :/ > > I claim that the thing that prevents a new rules-like document from > superseding the rules is the same thing that prevents a relatively > low-power rule change (i.e. the one that created R2229) from > contravening a high-power rule like R1482.
Or to look at it another way, a low-power rule change that contravenes a high-power rule is, in effect, a change to the high-power rule. If that change wasn't caused by an instrument with sufficient power, it can't happen. -root
