Gah. I may have got mixed up between "2nd class person" and person.
Thought it was too obvious. On 22 July 2011 11:42, Aaron Goldfein <aarongoldf...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. >