Tanner Swett | 19 Jun 2012 06:12

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:12 PM, omd <c.ome.xk <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>      Casting a vote for PRESENT is equivalent to endorsing the
>      Speaker (the identity of the Speaker is part of the condition).

"The identity of the Speaker is part of the condition" is perfectly
ambiguous. It could mean either "the current identity of the Speaker
is hard-coded into the condition", or "the vote is conditional upon
the identity of the Speaker".

—Machiavelli

comexk | 19 Jun 2012 08:34
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Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal

Thanks, I meant the latter.  I'll repropose (, distribute, etc.) tomorrow.

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On Jun 18, 2012, at 9:12 PM, Tanner Swett <swettt <at> mail.gvsu.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:12 PM, omd <c.ome.xk <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>>      Casting a vote for PRESENT is equivalent to endorsing the
>>      Speaker (the identity of the Speaker is part of the condition).
> 
> "The identity of the Speaker is part of the condition" is perfectly
> ambiguous. It could mean either "the current identity of the Speaker
> is hard-coded into the condition", or "the vote is conditional upon
> the identity of the Speaker".
> 
> ―Machiavelli


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