[blml] My Dallas comments posted [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Guthrie]

> [Nige1]
> IMO many players would endorse Richard's assessment: especially of 
> logical alternatives to East's 2S.
>
> This is a typical equity ruling by the director and committee. It could 
> be published as a paradigm in the new edition of the Laws. :(
>
> A mugger beats up an old lady and robs her of her purse. A policeman 
> catches the escaping mugger and examines the purse. He finds it empty. 
> He feels that no punishment or redress is appropriate because there was 
> no obvious loss. She brings a private prosecution but the courts find 
> her guilty of wasting police time. The court kindly lets her off so that 
> she can attend her appointments at the hospital casualty department :(
>   
[Nige2]
I missed a key element of the original case in the above fable. The old 
lady might have prevented the mugger from robbing her by sticking her 
hat-pin into his eye. She didn't. Therefore, the court ruled that she 
aided and abetted her own mugging.

Naive players like me feel that insult is added to injury when the the 
traumatized victim's behaviour is criticised as "wild, gambling" or 
whatever.