On Wed, 2 Dec 2009, Sean Hunt wrote: > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> >> I call the following CFJ: It is POSSIBLE to make a rule change to Rule 104 >> in a four-week period. >> >> Arguments: >> >> If you think it's POSSIBLE, just try to. >> >> (In the context of R1698, is the regular democratic defense of R104 the >> ultimate in nomic-ness or the ultimate in non-nomic-ness?) >> >> -G. > > TRUE. I COULD deregister you all and, with that power, take over, and repeal > it. > > I'm not going to do that, but it's certainly POSSIBLE.
I'm not daring you, but I hear an awful lot of "coulds" with respect to R104. That's not proof of the assertion (and note: POSSIBLE is not actually defined in MMI, but it's opposite, IMPOSSIBLE from R1698 is simply "Attempts to perform the described action are unsuccessful." Does it matter if the lack-of-success is because there's a collective social stigma for doing so, such that no one lets it succeed? -G.
