On Thu, 9 Sep 2010, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > I hereby certify that I bear a physical copy of this card, and did so at > > the time and prior to the time of the proposal being adopted: > > http://www.principiadiscordia.com/downloads/pope_card.pdf > > part of whose text, placed as it is in R101, has a clear Agoran legal > > status. > > > > It is also Good Forever. > > As do I, and I was considering arguing that I could issue a notice of > papal succession for any man, woman, or child.
I indeed assumed someone else would speak up, fellow Pope. In fact I'm surprised I was the first. > However, when a pope > becomes Speaker, e ceases to be a pope, which is clearly impossible if > we're talking about Discordian popes. We've had discussions in the past about what happens if Agora tries to legislate reality, e.g. passes a rule that says "the moon is made of cheese". That question is rather up in the air, but it doesn't stop such rules from being written. > The rule also purports to > restrict people from becoming popes while there's an existing pope, > which also doesn't work with Discordian popes. Since we're all popes to being with, this doesn't matter. -G.
