Oh you meant sidestep on the part of the cardee. I thought you meant from the 
perspective of the referee.
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> On Sep 24, 2017, at 9:48 AM, Cuddle Beam <cuddleb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Just object/get an objection lol
> 
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus 
> <p.scribonius.scholasti...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> How?
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> Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
> p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com
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> 
> 
> > On Sep 23, 2017, at 7:40 PM, Cuddle Beam <cuddleb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Without objection is too easy to sidestep
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 12:00 AM, Aris Merchant 
> > <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 2:51 PM Owen Jacobson <o...@grimoire.ca> wrote:
> > The penalty card limits set out in rules 2478 (“Vigilante Justice”) and 
> > 2479 (“Official Justice”) appear to be designed to prevent two problems:
> >
> > * abuses of finger-pointing, such as pointing one’s finger at every player, 
> > or repeatedly pointing one’s finger at someone long past the point where 
> > the allegations have been settled, and
> >
> > * abuses of the office of Referee, such as issuing an inordinate number of 
> > Yellow or Red cards as part of an attempt to scam ballots.
> >
> > These are pro-active protections - they apply to prevent the actions, 
> > rather than to address actions that have happened - and I think that’s 
> > important. However, they’re structurally a bit shaky - the recent bug found 
> > in the Referee rules that forces that officer to card every finger-pointing 
> > and the rule requiring that the Referee receive a card for inappropriately 
> > issuing cards combined to exhaust some of the limits this week, leaving the 
> > office in a slightly odd state. With that in mind, I’d like to propose the 
> > following reforms to the office:
> >
> > * Remove the limits on finger-pointing entirely. Replace them with a rule 
> > along the lines that a player SHALL NOT point eir finger an excessive 
> > number of times, or similar, and leave the determination of what 
> > “excessive” is up to CFJs and the patience of the investigator.
> >
> > * Remove the limits on summary judgement. Continue to allow the Referee to 
> > issue cards immediately in response to finger-pointing, but remove the 
> > ability for the Referee to unilaterally issue cards: if the Referee is the 
> > finger-pointer, or if no finger has been pointed, then the Referee can only 
> > issue cards without objection.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > -o
> >
> > I generally concur. However, without objection is a mighty high standard to 
> > meet. I think we can trust that someone will often object to being given a 
> > card, and certain players have a habit of objecting to random things for no 
> > apparent reason. That's at least two objections. Maybe with some amount of 
> > support/ N agora consent would be better (support has the significant 
> > advantage that there's no minimum time limit, so I might tend to go with 
> > that).
> >
> > -Aris
> >
> >
> 
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