[blml] Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Law 73A1:

"Communication between partners during the auction and play
shall be effected only by means of the calls and plays
themselves."

Herman De Wael:

>Sometimes I think you guys have never played bridge in
>your lives and are just reading the law in an Ivory tower.
>
>Yesterday evening, I played 30 boards, in 20 of which we
>bid something. In 19 of those, my partner correctly
>explained (or at least alerted or not alerted) my calls.
>At an average of 2 bids per board, that's 40 pieces of UI
>I received. If after every such piece of information I
>should have had to bend over backwards and not do the
>expected next thing, I would have ended up with 15% or so
>(50% if my opponents would have been doing the same - but
>that would not have been bridge).
>
>Yes, a correct explanation is UI. And NO, we never rule it
>that way.
>
>So to all intents and purposes, a correct explanation IS
>AI at the moment. And it should stay that way.

[snip]

>From Wikipedia, Straw man (logical fallacy):

[snip]

>>To "set up a straw man" or "set up a straw-man argument"
>>is to create a position that is easy to refute, then
>>attribute that position to the opponent.

[snip]

>>One can set up a straw man in the following ways:
>>
>>1.  Present a misrepresentation of the opponent's
>>position, refute it, and pretend that the opponent's
>>actual position has been refuted.

[snip]


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
National Training Branch, DIAC
02 6223 9052

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