Re: Azrain & old treaties

Colin (C.I.Cavanagh@qmw.ac.uk)
09 Apr 1998 08:03:00 +0100

In <352BE73B.4229@sprintmail.com>, Mark Hendrickson wrote:
>Greetings fellow Olympiads:
>
> First, I have just read Keith's fine letter which explains quite
>well, to my mind, what the situation is.
>
> I have just re-read the treaty & must confess that Eric's reading
>of the letter of the treaty is correct. However, the spirit of the
>treaty, the spirit of the entire campaign against the New Empire, was to
>make the area around Yellowleaf an area in which newbies may freely
>operate & in which they may begin unfettered their Olympian careers.
>
> If we allow ourselves to be constrained by the letter of the law
>while in so doing we let the spirit of the law die on the vine, we have
>fallen into the fallacy of legalism.
>
> That we will not do.
>
>I am,
>not yet assuaged,
>Captain Arrrr
>

As some one who has only watched from a distance, and you all welcome
to say mind your own business, if there seems to be confusion about
the exact meaning or even the spirit of the treaty then perhaps there
is a need for the players to sit down around the table once more and
iron out their differences.

Hugh

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