[blml] GK&E (was: alertability)

[Eric Landau]

At 11:40 PM 1/17/07, Ed wrote:

>On Jan 17, 2007, at 4:16 PM, Eric Landau wrote:
>
> > it's foolish to think that every explanation of every bid must
> > include every last
> > bit of information to which the opponents are entitled to know if they
> > care to, or that we could continue to fit 24- or 26-board sessions
> > into
> > a mere three or four hours if it were required to.
>
>While I agree that, practically speaking, full compliance with the
>laws and regulations regarding disclosure may be detrimental to the
>game, that is nonetheless what those laws and regulations require.
>Maybe we should move to abolish "full disclosure" in favor of
>"maximum practical disclosure". :-)

If The Law really required a full core dump of every possibly relevant 
piece of knowledge that might conceivably affect an opponent's 
subsequent choice of calls in response to any request for information 
whatsoever, why would it even mention the opponents' right to ask 
follow-up questions?


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