Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Ian Kelly
On Jan 16, 2008 12:08 AM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Except, we've just changed the rules so that these CFJs no longer apply. > It's no longer enough to retain the capacity, the partnership must be > public. So it's no contradiction that the contract didn't change and > is still bind

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > Now here's a queer thing. If a partnership is has the "general > capacity...", and it ceases to be a person, but it can still be bound > by any and all of the same the agreements it was bound by as a person, > then there's no reason to presume that it cou

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Ian Kelly
On Jan 15, 2008 5:54 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A partnership that is not a person simply does not have, per R2150, > > "the general capacity to be the subject of rights and obligations > > under the rules". Therefore it cannot be bound by a contract. > > The word "generally" i

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > Isn't that what I said? Ok, yes, reading to fast I was. You said: > A partnership that is not a person simply does not have, per R2150, > "the general capacity to be the subject of rights and obligations > under the rules". Therefore it cannot be bound b

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Ian Kelly
On Jan 15, 2008 5:28 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, we're talking about if a partnership loses its personhood, as a > nonperson is it still bound to other non-partnership contracts that it > signed while a person? Or are we talking about two entirely different > things again? -G

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > On Jan 15, 2008 3:50 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> The legal basis around which partnerships were created was, roughly, >>> that a person is an entity upon which legal obligations can be >>> imposed. >> >> That's partnerships, but not agree

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Ian Kelly
On Jan 15, 2008 3:50 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The legal basis around which partnerships were created was, roughly, > > that a person is an entity upon which legal obligations can be > > imposed. > > That's partnerships, but not agreements in general. Irrelevant. We're talkin

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Ian Kelly
On Jan 15, 2008 3:41 PM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian Kelly wrote: > >Good point. I suggest that this illustrates a flaw in our definition > >of "person". > > I think it's a good reason why obligations ought to survive an > interruption of personhood. That would be a convenient solutio

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > On Jan 15, 2008 1:32 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hold on thar, pardners. You need to be a person to make an agreement >> (R1742), but you don't need to be a person to *stay in* an agreement. >> After making it, you just need to remain a "

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Zefram
Ian Kelly wrote: >Good point. I suggest that this illustrates a flaw in our definition >of "person". I think it's a good reason why obligations ought to survive an interruption of personhood. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Ian Kelly
On Jan 15, 2008 2:37 PM, Charles Reiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is not true for partnerships. They can cease to devolve their > obligations onto two people momentarily and then resume devolving the > obligations onto two people. Good point. I suggest that this illustrates a flaw in our d

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Charles Reiss
On Jan 15, 2008 4:34 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 15, 2008 2:33 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fortunately, the rules don't provide any way for a nonperson to become > > a person (other than by ceasing to exist). > > That should be "for a person to become a nonper

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Ian Kelly
On Jan 15, 2008 2:33 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fortunately, the rules don't provide any way for a nonperson to become > a person (other than by ceasing to exist). That should be "for a person to become a nonperson"... -root

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Ian Kelly
On Jan 15, 2008 1:32 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hold on thar, pardners. You need to be a person to make an agreement > (R1742), but you don't need to be a person to *stay in* an agreement. > After making it, you just need to remain a "party". The legal basis around which partner

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Ian Kelly
On Jan 15, 2008 1:41 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If only persons can be parties (question of ordinary-language > interpretation), then Rule 1742 terminated the Vote Market on > Dec 31. Question is, did pikhq's joining on Jan 7 back-reference > BobTHJ's original joining on Dec 14 to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Ed Murphy
root wrote: On Jan 15, 2008 11:33 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here is the relevant timeline: Dec 14: BobTHJ and Fookiemyartug form the VM Dec 31: P2PP joins; Proposal 5381 revokes personhood from non-public contracts Jan 7: pikhq joins Jan 10: root joins Jan 14: root l

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Ed Murphy wrote: >> Hypothetical: When Fookiemyartug ceased to be a person, did it cease >> to be bound by the agreement? -Goethe > > Here is the relevant timeline: > > Dec 14: BobTHJ and Fookiemyartug form the VM > Dec 31: P2PP joins; Proposal 5381 revokes personhood from

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Ian Kelly
On Jan 15, 2008 11:33 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is the relevant timeline: > > Dec 14: BobTHJ and Fookiemyartug form the VM > Dec 31: P2PP joins; Proposal 5381 revokes personhood from non-public >contracts > Jan 7: pikhq joins > Jan 10: root joins > Jan 14: root le

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Ed Murphy
Goethe wrote: On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Roger Hicks wrote: At the point in time that Vote Market was formed Fookiemyartug was a person (as comex had already joined). Therefore there were two parties to at its inception and the Vote Market contract was in formed correctly. Hypothetical: When Fooki

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1872: assign BobTHJ

2008-01-15 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Roger Hicks wrote: > At the point in time that Vote Market was formed > Fookiemyartug was a person (as comex had already joined). Therefore > there were two parties to at its inception and the Vote Market > contract was in formed correctly. Hypothetical: When Fookiemyartug