This is indeed a tad confusing. The Ritual was explicitly designed as an
expirement to test this very point. Either everyone is a violator or (more
likely) no one in particular is. Either way, we’re supposed to feel a
collective responsibility to make sure that it is performed.
-Aris
On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 7:48 PM Jason Cobb <jason.e.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> [This continues my newbie questions.]
>
> Here it goes: who exactly can be punished for violating Rule 2596 ("The
> Ritual")?
> The problematic phrasing is: "The Ritual MUST be performed at least once in
> every Agoran week."
>
> Clearly this Rule wishes to specify that such an inaction is a violation.
> However, unlike any other instance of "shall", "must", "shall be", or "must
> be" in the Rules (at a cursory glance), this instance has no clear Entity
> that can violate the rule. Note that the issue is not "MUST be", but that,
> even in context, there is no specific Entity or document that can violate
> the rule.
>
> I see a few possible interpretations: that Agora itself would violate the
> rule, that each individual Player would violate the rule, or perhaps the
> Rule simply fails to identify a violator at all.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason Cobb
>
