On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 01:14, Ed Murphy <emurph...@socal.rr.com> wrote: > Bucky wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 15:44, Sean Hunt<scsh...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> >> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 12:36, Ed Murphy<emurph...@socal.rr.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=3127 >>>> >>>> ========================= Criminal Case 3127 ========================= >>>> >>>> Bucky committed the Class-6 Crime of Naughtiness (as defined by >>>> Rule 2356) by publishing the message quoted in evidence. >>>> >>>> ======================================================================== >>> >>> >>> "Crime" is not defined anywhere in the rules. The English definition, >>> however, is clear that a crime is a rule violation. So it is certainly >>> a violation of Rule 2356 to Commit a Crime. All the requirements of a >>> criminal case are present. >>> >>> Bucky is not a player, so I judge GUILTY/EXILE so as to prevent em >>> from registering, as it is the only punishment of any significance to >>> a non-player. >>> >>> -scshunt >> >> >> >> CfJ (1), inquiry, barring scshunt: >> "Scshunt violated a rule with his judgment on the Criminal Case above." >> CfJ (2), inquiry, barring scshunt: >> "A judgment of EXILE has no effect if the defendant is not a player when >> it has been continuously and effectively assigned for a week." >> >> Evidence: >> (a) Rule 1054, excerpt: When a judgement of EXILE has been in effect >> continuously for >> one week, >> the ninny is deregistered and CANNOT register for >> two months after that time. >> (b)Rule 869, excerpt: the verb "to be deregistered" means to cease to be a >> player >> (i.e., to have one's citizenship changed from Registered to >> Unregistered). >> >> Additional Evidence on CfJ (1): the quoted message >> >> Arguments: >> From Evidence (a), it is clear that being unable to register is linked to >> deregistering. Given the definition of 'deregister' in (b), it is >> impossible to deregister someone whose citizenship is not Registered. >> >> Additional Arguments on CfJ (2): >> Therefore, Rule 1054's attempt to enforce that "the ninny is deregistered >> and CANNOT register for >> two months after that time." fails. > > > Arguments on (2): Rule 1054's "that time" can also reasonably refer to > "a judgement of EXILE has been in effect continuously for one week".
It's a matter of historical precedent (though I don't know the specific case), that if the rules say IF A THEN B AND C, and event A occurs, then event C occurs, even if event B is impossible.
