[blml] Disclosure (was Psyches & deviations) [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Richard Hills:

[snip]

>>second half of Law 40E1:
>>
>>".....including a requirement that both members of a partnership
>>employ the same system (such a regulation must not restrict style
>>and judgement, only method)."
>>
>>The problem with this Law is that it uses undefined terms such as
>>the word "style" (and this word is not used anywhere else in the
>>Lawbook),

[snip]

>>Are "style" and "system" both partnership understandings?

Steve Willner:

>People seem to lose all rationality when psychs are discussed, so
>let's discuss a simpler question.  The ACBL has a requirement that
>both partners must play the same system.  Suppose my partner and I
>have different habits when 4=5 in the minors.  One of us always
>opens 1D, and the other always opens 1C.  We've discussed it and
>simply can't agree.
>
>There's no doubt at all that this situation -- whether you call it
>"understanding," "agreement," or something else -- must be
>disclosed.
>
>But are we violating the rules about playing the same system?  (I'm
>not aware of any official ACBL interpretation on the matter.  As a
>practical answer, nobody objects to this practice.  And further,
>it's an illustration only, not applicable to present regular
>partnership, which plays strong club.)

Pocket Oxford Dictionary, inter alia:

"style, n. manner of writing or speaking especially as opposed to
the matter, distinctive manner of an artist"

Richard Hills:

I would argue that _always_ opening 1D with 4-5 is definitely an
issue of "matter", while using artistry to open 1D with S xx H xx
D AKQJ C Kxxxx is an issue of "manner".


Best wishes

Richard James Hills
Divisional Executive Officer unit
People Services, Values & Training Division
(02) 6225 6285

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