216:10

From: Arnt Gulbrandsen (arnt_at_oryx.com)
Date: Wed Oct 01 2003 - 02:36:50 PDT


At the time of writing, the judgment of 216:9 was not clear to me. I 
think it's valid, and it doesn't matter, really. Anyway, I sincerely 
hope the Judge won't post a judgment in the next few minutes.

----begin 216:10----
Scissors cut paper. Paper wraps stone. Stone beats scissors. Or: 
Congress has power over the US Army. The US Army has power over 
Congress.

A neat circle indeed.

The Judge will decide whether Congress or the US Army is the Higher 
Power... so the Judge is Higher yet. But the Judge can only make his 
Judgment if the list host administrator allows the judgment to go 
through (see 216:1). But the list host administrator can only (see 
216:2), etc.

One really must hope that the Judge will make a fair-minded, neatly 
elaborated decision. However, based on evidence of past rounds, the 
Judge is more likely to be a corrupted by the posters of rules 216:08, 
216:09 or *nudge nudge wink wink* 216:10.

Subsequent rules must obey the scissors-paper-stone circularity 
principle of power.
----end----

(I'm afraid this was my last rule. I have faith that someone will beat 
this one, you guys are nothing if not inventive, but will I manage 
another submission after that? Doubtful.)

--Arnt


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