[ANSTHRLD] Conflict question

[tmcd at panix.com]

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008, Marie de Blois <erminespot at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 7:10 PM, doug bell <magnus77840 at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > [someone else]
> >> I'm surprised neither of you mentioned the other reason a
> >> submission might not cause conflict at submission time but still
> >> be returned by Laurel for conflict ... another submission in the
> >> pipeline that can't be seen at submission time, possibly even
> >> just "in the packet en route to the kingdom submissions herald".
> >
> > If your submission is at Laurel you aren't worried about conflicts
> > still in the hands of kingdom.
>
> Why not?  If I'm at a consult table advising someone on a submission,
> and three kingdoms over a submission is already on their internal
> Letter that the consultation could conflict with

Then "your submission is at Laurel" is false -- you and Magnus are
arguing two different pre-conditions.  Which is to say, you're both
correct in your respective realms ... er, situations.

> you may not know and it will make it to Laurel ahead of your
> not-even-yet-submitted item.  (For what it's worth, not all kingdoms
> produce a publicly available internal Letter.)

Danett de Lincoln
-- 
Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd at panix.com