On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 at 04:55, Aris Merchant
<thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 9:51 PM James Cook <jc...@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 at 14:53, Jason Cobb <jason.e.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 8/4/19 2:57 AM, James Cook wrote:
> > > > I submit myself to the Agoran Gods! I submit the following rule to the
> > > > contest:
> > > >
> > > > {
> > > >
> > > > I dedicate this rule to ARCAS.
> > > >
> > > > Every new rule must be dedicated to exactly one Agoran God, called the
> > > > rule's Patron God. The Patron God must have been mentioned in a
> > previous
> > > > contest message.
> > > >
> > > > The validity requirements added by rules after this apply only to rules
> > > > dedicated to a different Patron God. (For example, if a rule dedicated
> > > > to the LORD said that new rules must rhyme, that requirement would only
> > > > apply to rules not dedicated to the LORD.)
> > > >
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > I praise the LORD. I thank ARCAS, god of the very land we live on. I
> > > > honour THE AGORAN SPIRIT OF THE GAME.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Clever, but does this work? If each future rule does not incorporate
> > > this provision, then a rule that violates a future rule (even if the
> > > same Patron God) would still be "inconsistent" with the rule that it is
> > > violating, which would make it invalid.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jason Cobb
> >
> > Good point, maybe it doesn't work.
>
>
> My understanding is that it’s part of the definition of saying “X is the
> Patron God” that the rule exempts all other rules with the same patron god.
>
> Aris
> Pontifex MaximusThank you for the clarification, Your Supreme Eminence. This relatively straightforward gameplay is truly a divine gift. -- - Falsifian
