From: Aron Wall (aron_at_wall.org)
Date: Wed Feb 27 2002 - 13:55:56 PST
Aron Wall wrote: > "Richard S. Holmes" wrote: > > > Consulting the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, we also find: > > > > "peculiar: B n 1. Eccl. A parish or church exempt from the > > jurisdiction of the docese in which it lies." > > > > How to incorporate this idea of exemption? I am too cowed at the > > prospect of proposing a temporary override of the R.O.s, but no such > > proposal is needed for the following: > > > > No future rule shall obey its own restriction. > > > > Whether this rule obeys its own restriction I leave to others to > > figure out. > > > > -- > > - Rich Holmes > > Syracuse, NY > > > > -- > > Rule Date: 2002-02-27 21:05:06 GMT > > Validity: VALID > > Style: While this rule follows in the footsteps of the first rule in > seeking a nice etymological meaning for peculiar, the manner in which it > implements the restriction is anything but peculiar, in the ordinary > sense of the word, it having been used innumerable times in the past. > So no points. 0 > > The Wizard
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"Richard S. Holmes" wrote: > Consulting the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, we also find: > > "peculiar: B n 1. Eccl. A parish or church exempt from the > jurisdiction of the docese in which it lies." > > How to incorporate this idea of exemption? I am too cowed at the > prospect of proposing a temporary override of the R.O.s, but no such > proposal is needed for the following: > > No future rule shall obey its own restriction. > > Whether this rule obeys its own restriction I leave to others to > figure out. > > -- > - Rich Holmes > Syracuse, NY > > -- > Rule Date: 2002-02-27 21:05:06 GMT Validity: VALID Style: While this rule follows in the footsteps of the first rule in seeking a nice etymological meaning for peculiar, the manner in which it implements the restriction is anything but peculiar, in the ordinary sense of the word, it having been used innumerable times in the past. So no points. 0 The Wizard -- Rule Date: 2002-02-27 21:56:01 GMT
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