[blml] GK&E (was: alertability)

[Eric Landau]

At 08:19 AM 1/16/07, Todd wrote:

>richard.hills at immi.gov.au wrote:
> > My point is that **because** Eric, Marv and myself have
> > three rather different interpretations of Law 75C, the
> > Lawbook is automatically incapable.  If three blmlers who
> > have indulged in Talmudic dissection of the Laws still
> > differ, why should a mere club TD be able to draw subtle
> > inferences from "inferences from"?
> >
> > For what it's worth, my definition of "general knowledge
> > and experience" is narrower even than Eric's definition.
> >
> > I disclose all of the negative and positive inferences
> > pertaining to my partnership agreements, reserving my
> > definition of "general knowledge and experience" to such
> > truisms as, "you never go broke if you never sacrifice
> > vulnerable".
>
>Would you support a stronger view that the concept should be
>expunged entirely?
>
>What rights are protected by the clause?

The right to charge for bridge lessons, for one.

I have had an auction which, so far, has been fully disclosed to and 
fully comprehended by my opponents.  Now my partner jumps to game, and 
an opponent asks what that means.  I reply that it means he thinks he 
is going to make it.  So then they ask me what he would have to hold in 
order to think he is going to make it.  Without the "inferences from 
GK&E" clause of L75C, I would be required to educate my opponents on 
the subject of how much strength is needed to expect to make a 
game.  The current law, appropriately IMO, says that I am not obligated 
to do that.


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