[blml] Any redress or rub of the green [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Herman De Wael]

gesta at tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
> [also grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk]
> *****************************************
> "Truth often suffers more by the 
> heat of its defenders than from the 
> arguments of its opposers."
>                  ~ William Penn.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Herman De Wael" <hermandw at skynet.be>
> To: "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 8:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [blml] Any redress or rub of the green 
>                    [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]
> 
> 
>> richard.hills at immi.gov.au wrote:
>>> As I have noted before when discussing Sven's 
>>> touching belief in the CC, quite often in partnerships 
>>> one player is The Master.  The Master issues the 
>>> diktat "We will play the Hoffmeister 1NT convention".  
>>> Then The Master>> writes "Hoffmeister 1NT" on the
>>>  CC.  And meanwhile The Master's partner has
>>> zero comprehension of what the Hoffmeister 1NT 
>>> convention is, which means that there is zero _partnership_ 
>>> agreement to play the Hoffmeister 1NT.
>>>
>> exactly.
>>
> +=+ Indeed? I would think not at all exactly. If the slave  
> has allowed The Master to put on his CC a statement
> that they are playing the Hoffmeister 1NT, and the slave 
> has presented that CC to his opponent, then he has 
> committed himself to that partnership agreement. No 
> matter that he is ignorant of what it is; his ignorance of 
> the convention provides him with no relief. He is liable
> for the consequences of his ignorance.

And if he subsequently forgets the convention, and misuses it, and the 
master "correctly" explains, you find this a misbid? I don't!

-- 
Herman DE WAEL
Antwerpen Belgium
http://www.hdw.be