Dammit... My plan almost worked. -- juniper On Mon, 3 Mar 2025, 07:49 Edward Murphy via agora-discussion, < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> Juniper wrote: > > > I've forgotten where it is, but there's a rule somewhere about lying > that I > > hoped to enact here... Oh well. > > Rule 2471/4 (Power=1) > No Faking > > A person SHALL NOT make a public statement that is a lie. > > A public statement is falsy if any of the following was true at > the time of publication: > * The statement was not true and the author knew or should have > known that it was not true. > * The author did not believe the statement to be true. > > A public statement is a lie if it is falsy and any of the > following is true: > * The author made the statement with intent to mislead. > * The author, in the same message, declared the statement to be > made "under penalty of No Faking" (or similar). > > For the purposes of this rule, an attempt to perform an action by > publishing certain text constitutes an implicit statement that the > action was EFFECTIVE. > > Merely quoting a statement or attempt does not constitute making > it for the purposes of this rule. Any disclaimer, conditional > clause, or other qualifier attached to a statement or attempt > constitutes part of the statement or attempt for the purposes of > this rule; the truth or falsity of the whole is what is > significant. > > The above notwithstanding, a formal announcement of intent is > never a lie. > > -- > [ANSC H:GE V:G B:0] > >
