On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 04:00, Arkady English
<arkadyenglish+ag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I announce that I deregister the President.
>
> I call a CFJ on the statement "The president has been deregistered"
> submitting the following statement/evidence:
>
>
> Rule 2326/2 states "The President is a second-class person.  Causing the
> President to act is secured."
>
> The term "Secured" is not defined anywhere in the rules, hence I argue it
> hasn't really got any legal meaning - does it mean that, once caused to act
> no-one can undo the action, or that no-one can cause the president to act in
> ways not defined in the rules? This ambiguity robs the second sentance of
> all legal weight.
>
> Rule 869/32 states "A player who is not a person and has never been a
> first-class person CAN be deregistered by any player by announcement."
>
> This conflicts with:
>
> "A first-class Player CAN cause the President to take actions Without
> Objection, or with Agoran Consent." (Rule 2326/2).
>
> Summarising rule 1030/9, to determine which statement takes precedence:
>
> - Power (both rules are Power 2)
> - Neither calls for alternative method for precidence.
> - Neither claims precidence over, nor defers to the other explicitly.
> - Rule 869/32 has the lower ID number, and hence takes precidence.
>
> Therefore the president can be deregistered by announcement.
>
>
> Arkady.

I'm not sure I understand. Even if the word "secured" is ambiguous and
means nothing, why would the sentence "The President is a second-class
person" not make the President a person? The President is a player and
a person, and so your 869 excerpt doesn't work on the President.

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