I don't feel confident enough about the idea philosophically to add it
to a proposal. The Referee's report doesn't self ratify, and this is
the kind of thing you don't want to be ambiguous about, so what do you
do? Make messages purporting to award a card self ratify?

-Aris

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 11:23 PM, VJ Rada <vijar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can you make it IMPOSSIBLE to issue people cards for doing legal
> things, not just SHALL NOT. My "cards are appealable" failed because
> of a different reason but that seems uncontro.
>
> On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Aris Merchant
> <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I submit the following proposal.
>>
>> -Aris
>>
>> ---
>> Title: Card Reform and Expansion v2
>> Adoption index: 2.0
>> Author: Aris
>> Co-author(s): ais523
>>
>> Amend Rule 2426, "Cards", by appending the sentence
>>
>>   "It is inappropriate to award a card to a non-player person unless the rule
>>   defining the card says otherwise."
>>
>>   to the paragraph beginning "The types of Card are defined by the rules..."
>>
>>
>> Amend Rule 2478, "Vigilante Justice", to read in full:
>>
>>   A player CAN by announcement, but subject to the provisions of
>>   this rule, Point eir Finger at a person who plays the game, citing an 
>> alleged
>>   violation of the rules by that person.
>>
>>   When a player Points a Finger, the investigator SHALL
>>   investigate the allegation and, in a timely fashion, SHALL
>>   conclude the investigation by:
>>
>>    - issuing a Card to the pointed-at person by announcement whose
>>      reason is rooted in the allegation;
>>
>>    - if e believes that no rules violation occurred or that it
>>      would be ILLEGAL to issue a Card for it, announcing the
>>      Finger Pointing to be Shenanigans.
>>
>>   The Referee is by default the investigator for all Finger
>>   Pointing.  When a Finger, other than the Arbitor's, is Pointed
>>   over an allegation related to the official duties or powers of
>>   the Referee, then the Arbitor CAN, by announcement, take over
>>   the investigation and thereby become the investigator.
>>
>>   A player CANNOT point a finger more than twice per Agoran week,
>>   or more than once per Agoran week at the same person.
>>
>> Amend Rule 2479, "Official Justice", to read in full:
>>
>>   The Referee CAN, subject to the provisions of this rule, impose
>>   Summary Judgment on a person who plays the game by issuing a card to em by
>>   announcement.
>>
>>   The Referee CANNOT Point eir Finger or impose Summary Judgment
>>   more than five total times per week, or more than twice per week
>>   at or on the same person.
>>
>>   As part of the Referee's weekly duties, e SHALL either impose
>>   Summary Judgment on a person or truthfully announce that e
>>   believes that there are no rules violations in the preceding
>>   Agoran week for which a Card has not already been issued.
>>
>>
>> Amend Rule 2474, "Green Cards", to read in full:
>>
>>   A Green Card is a type of Card that is appropriate for minor, accidental,
>>   and/or inconsequential infraction. A Green Card is also appropriate for any
>>   infraction for which no other type of Card is appropriate. It appropriate 
>> to
>>   issue a Green Card to a non-player person who plays the game, for the
>>   infractions previously described. When a person is issued a Green Card, e
>>   is ENCOURAGED to travel to the United States.
>>
>>
>> Create a power 2.0 rule entitled "Blue Cards", with the following text:
>>
>>   A Blue Card is a type of Card that is appropriate for deliberate or 
>> negligent
>>   infractions either where the the player responsible profited from violating
>>   the rules or where e significantly harmed another person or the game
>>   as a whole. The person issuing a Blue Card must, in the same message,
>>   announce a penalty between 1 shiny and the greater of 25 shinies and the
>>   amount the bad sport profited from the infraction, in order for the card to
>>   be effective. E CAN additionally, in the same message, determine the
>>   distribution of the money between Agora and the players(s) harmed, save
>>   that e CANNOT distribute money to emself or such that it would be under
>>   eir effective control. By default, all the money goes to Agora.
>>
>>   When a Blue Card is issued, as a penalty, within the next 7 days, any 
>> player
>>   CAN once, with 2 Support, Levy a Fine upon the bad sport. After the Fine is
>>   Levied upon the bad sport, e SHALL endeavor in good faith to pay the fine
>>   to Agora or the correct player(s), in accordance with the distribution laid
>>   out by the carder. Any player CAN also act on the bad sport's behalf to do 
>> so,
>>   fulfilling eir obligation.
>>
>> Create a power 2.0 rule entitled "Black Cards", with the following text:
>>
>>   A Black Card is a card appropriate for a person who plays the game, not
>>   currently a player, who either broke the rules while not a player or
>>   broke them while a player and then deregistered in bad faith. A Black
>>   Card CANNOT be issued to current players, and no more than 3 Black Cards
>>   CAN be issued per week. Any attempt to issue a Black Card in violation
>>   of these limitations is INEFFECTIVE.
>>
>>   When a Black Card is issued, as a penalty, within the next 7 days, any 
>> player
>>   CAN once, with Agoran Consent, Slam the Door at the bad sport. After the 
>> Door
>>   is Slammed at a person, e CANNOT not register or take any game actions for
>>   30 days, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. Any attempt to Slam the 
>> Door
>>   on a player or a person whose most recent deregistration took place without
>>   eir consent is INEFFECTIVE, rules to the contrary notwithstanding.
>
>
>
> --
> From V.J Rada

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