"Shall be permitted" is not required, but "shall not be permitted" is required to not do?
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"shall not be permitted" means that you cannot do it.
Ok, that's what I thought. Thanks.
Read 90.5 (A) & (B)
Yes, I read. The point is how they use "permitted" to be optional there, but in parts of the Code where they use "not permitted" they seem to mean it is required and not optional (to not do that).
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If you dig down into the logic you should be able to see the difference between the two without the superficial appearance of contradition.Yes, I read. The point is how they use "permitted" to be optional there, but in parts of the Code where they use "not permitted" they seem to mean it is required and not optional (to not do that).
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Another way of covering the three possible cases is to use the words forbidden, permitted, and required.
There forbidden means you must not do it. Permitted means that you may choose between doing it and not doing it. Required means that you must do it.
From a strictly logical point of view not permitted should mean that it is either forbidden or required but does not tell you which. But the English language does not work that way and so not permitted is equivalent to forbidden.
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