[blml] Tie me kangaroo court, sport [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Robert Geller]

Alain Gottcheiner writes:
>When some behaviour is allowed by general principles and not explicitly 
>disallowed by any law, it is allowed.
The above is diametrically opposed to the official position of the 
WBF Laws Commission, who made the following general statement
in the minutes of the WBFLC  on 24 Aug 1998. 
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/wbf_lcmn.htm
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8.	Actions authorised in the laws
The Secretary drew attention to those who argued that where an action was 
stated in the laws (or regulations) to be authorised, other actions if not expressly 
forbidden were also legitimate. The Committee ruled that this is not so; the Scope 
of the Laws states that the laws define correct procedure and anything not 
specified in the laws is, therefore, 'extraneous' and it may be deemed an infraction 
of law if information deriving from it is used in the auction or the play.
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If you don't like the above then please write the WBFLC and ask them
to reconsider their position.   But I think we should follow the 
authoritative position stated by the world-wide rule-making
body unless and until it is formally retracted or superseded.

-Bob 

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Robert (Bob) Geller,     Tokyo, Japan        geller at nifty.com