[ASLML] Applying A7.52

[Bruce Bakken]

>
>If you want a specific, detailed breakdown of why your interpretation of
>A7.52 in no way resembles the actual rule, I refer you to several posts to
>the ASLML over the last few days, specifically those written by myself,
>Tate, Seth Fancher, Pete Shelling and (IIRC) one or two others.
>

If on the other hand you want a detailed breakdown of why Jim's 
interpretation of A7.52 accords very nicely with the actual rule, I refer 
you to several posts to the ASLML over the last few days, specifically those 
written by myself, Chris Fleury, Kenneth Knudsen, Andrea Fantozzi, and one 
or two others.

Using that line of reasoning, it's a wash.

Rule A7.52 can easily and demonstably be interpreted in two different ways.  
Stubborn denial of that possibility does not lend credence to an argument to 
the contrary.

An utterance by Perry on the ASLML does not negate the inherent uncertainty 
of what's written in the rule, nor does it preclude the possibility of 
multiple interpretations in the future.  More than just "this is how it is 
supposed to be played", the true goal should be to remove any initial 
uncertainty in the first place.

The data has shown me that a viewpoint on this matter that expresses an 
unwillingness to concede an alternate possible interpretation -- whether 
expressed from *either* side -- can be dismissed as irrelevant and 
non-contributing rhetoric, IMO.

Regards,
Bruce Bakken


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