[blml] Ignorantia juris non excusat (was Equity) [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Marvin French]

----- From: "Brian"

- it seems to me to be fundamental to any
> game that the players are entitled (if they put the work in) to
> understand the rules under which they're playing. Telling them that
> they can do something in one law while telling them they're going to
> get nailed for doing it in a different law (CoP) seems to make that
> understanding impossible to acheive, unless you boil it down to "Don't
> psyche, even though it's supposed to be permitted".
>
Save your breath, Brian, these people do not have an understanding of
the spirit of bridge or of L75. They ignore the word "special" in that
law, as if it had no meaning.

If my partner opens 1S with favorable vulnerability, next hand doubles,
I redouble with my 13 HCP, fourth seat jumps to 3H and the doubler
raises to 4H, it is plain that partner has psyched and I will pass. This
whether I have never met my partner before or he is a regular partner.
This is from my "general knowledge and experience," not from any
*special* partnership agreement, other than that we agree to bid
rationally in all situations.

Partnership experience does not trump general knowledge and experience,
making it *special*.

Marv
Marvin L. French
San Diego, California
www.marvinfrench.com