On Wed, 15 Aug 2012, omd wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Ed Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If the rules of the nomic do not provide such a forum in a manner > >> reasonably accessible without undue effort, it is IMPOSSIBLE for the > >> ambassador to inform the nomic - or at least not reasonably possible. > > I argue that it is reasonably possible for the Ambassador to give the > players involved a reasonable (that word again) opportunity to see the > information - by sending me two rubles, then informing me and the > other player directly.
By common definition, giving into (self-confessed!) blackmail isn't legally, ethically, or morally reasonable, although it may be game theory reasonable. I suspect we should find that the reason test in criminal court refers to the former, not the latter. Second, it would be reasonable effort for the ambassador to post a message of warning here, in the general hopes that it informed someone (you, at the very least) - and e could then say "I reasonably believed I have informed the relevant parties, and without hard evidence (the identity of the parties involved), it is not beyond a reasonable doubt that I didn't." Remember, the burden of proof is on you, not the defendant. Finally, I vaguely recall that there's a case somewhere that an officer using personal funds to make something e was required to do as an official duty POSSIBLE was beyond a reasonable effort, but that's just a hazy memory. -G.
