> > > > if you were the last m.o to die, who would issue your death certificate?
> > >
> > > Why would you need a death certificate?
> > >
> >
> > Because it's the rule. It doesn't matter if you don't think it makes sense, it's still a rule.
>
> But it isn't, because the last enforcer of the rule just died.
>
> Paul

If the last enforcer of the rule died, a number of issues would be left hanging. Such as legal and social ones. It would be a most exciting time to be alive in, don't you think?