Gratuitous arguments, etc., etc. —CBC Machiavelli
On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Ed Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > (The previous assignment to scshunt was ineffective, as e became supine > a few minutes earlier.) > > Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=3287 > > ============================== CFJ 3287 ============================== > > The Promise quoted above can be cashed. > > ======================================================================== > > Caller: Roujo > > Judge: Antony > Judgement: > > ======================================================================== > > History: > > Called by Roujo: 05 Nov 2012 14:10:29 GMT > Assigned to Antony: (as of this message) > > ======================================================================== > > Caller's Arguments: > > Rule 2338 states: > { An entity CAN cash a promise in eir possession by announcing > that e does so, provided either that all conditions required to > be true for the promise to be cashed are true and determinate, > or it has no such conditions. } > Basically, to cash a promise, the cashing condition must be > determinate and true. However, here's an excerpt from the cashing > condition of the quoted promise: > { [...] and multiple copies > of this promise cannot be cashed by the same player in the same > message. } > As far as I can tell, nothing in the rules prevents multiple copies of > a promise to be cashed in the same message. Because of that, the > cashing condition will always evaluate to false and the promise cannot > be cashed, rule changes notwithstanding. > > ======================================================================== > > Caller's Evidence: > > On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Alex Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> I submit 12 promises to the Tree: >> >> Text: {{{I transfer an ais523 trading card to the person who cashed this >> promise.}}} >> Cashing condition: {{{The person who cashed this promise transferred a >> trading card to ais523 that ais523 did not own a copy of before the >> transfer earlier in the same message as the cashing, and multiple copies >> of this promise cannot be cashed by the same player in the same >> message.}}} >> Destruction by author condition: {{{The current year is 2013 or >> later.}}} > > ======================================================================== >
