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

[Sven Pran]

> On Behalf Of Herman De Wael
...........
> > The CC is a written declaration on your system agreements. 
> > Do I understand your position correct that a player shall
> > not be bound by what he has issued in writing to his
> > opponents on the ground that he has not read it?
> >
> > A parallel situation would be that you deny being bound 
> > by a contract you have signed because you haven't really
> > read it before signing?
> >
> > To me both positions sound ridiculous.
> 
> Yes, they do.
> But the first is really not fair: You are using the "contract", that
> you haven't read, not as something you are bound by, but as something
> you defend yourself with!
> 
> In fact what you are doing is this: you are misinforming opponents,
> and then you take a piece of paper and prove thereby that you have not
> been lying. When the piece of paper has never been read by the guy
> making the (supposedly wrong) bid.
> 
> I don't feel good by that. And I'm looking for something to counter
> this with. Why are you against me for wanting to have more "honest"
> bridge being played?

No, I am not against you on that desire. And as I have already stated
before: If "overwhelming" evidence is provided to the effect that the CC is
incorrect I shall also rule accordingly. (The most common situation I know
for this to occur is when a partnership has changed an agreement but failed
to correct their CC correspondingly).

That much said I still consider the CC as the best evidence of the
agreements whenever there is any doubt and I expect any partnership to treat
their CC seriously.

Regards Sven