On 1/19/2020 3:04 PM, Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 10:40, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > >> Amend Rule 217, "Interpreting the Rules", by inserting "authorial >> intent," after "past judgements,". >> > > Quite opposed; this would require judges to read mailing lists to determine > intent.
Furthermore, why is the author privileged here? Once it's under voting, every voter reads it and decides based on their own understanding on what it means - the decision to adopt is a consensus on *everybody's* intent and understanding of the written text. That's always suspect, which is the main reason to avoid using it. -G.