[blml] Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

[Eric Landau]

At 05:21 AM 4/2/07, Grattan wrote:

>+=+ What would be the reaction if a Law 40E1 regulation
>were to allow a player to consult his own convention card
>when answering an opponent's question? (It would call for
>a literal interpretation of L40E2.)

Why make "player" the middleman between "opponent" and player's 
CC?  Why not simply require opponent to examine player's CC before 
asking any questions?  (IMO, one should do this anyhow, for one's own 
protection.)  Either eliminates the problem of mismatches between CC 
and verbal explanation (the opponent can always ask for a more detailed 
explanation of a notation on the CC), and the latter would require a 
far less radical change to current practice.


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