I would disagree. If you said, for example "I'm eating all this fast food for the purpose of gaining 10 kg", that wouldn't be an untrue statement, even if the food was normal-sized and not 10 kilograms heavy.
On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 8 Nov 2017, VJ Rada wrote: >> 1: Make transactions from the Head to Agora of exactly 1 shiny, for >> the sole purpose of paying for an Estate. > > Counterarguments: > > We've previously found that if you try to pay for something, and fail, > the entire transaction fails. > > So the first attempt to pay 1 shiny fails because it doesn't accomplish > it's purpose, etc. > > I believe o has been a strong proponent of this view, as e has repeatedly > re-done official transactions because the amount hasn't been right. > > (Yes, I see that the difference in wording in Auctions versus other > rules makes this a more borderline argument). > > > > > -- >From V.J. Rada
