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

[Brian]

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On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:26:12 +0200
Herman De Wael <hermandw at skynet.be> wrote:

> Brian wrote:
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> > I think you're missing a point too, Herman. My main dislike of the
> > psyching situation is that players basically don't know at what
> > point this "implicit understanding" will cut in. And of course, if
> > you do accept that one or two psyches create an implicit
> > understanding which must be disclosed, then it's likely (maybe not
> > if you live in Australia!) that your NCBO will then have you for
> > playing an illegal system the moment you disclose that implicit
> > understanding. 
> > 
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> But that is just what's wrong with the argument - psyching does not 
> become "illegal" if you disclose the frequency with which you are apt 
> to do it.

The frequency alone, no. But to take your infamous 1H opener (yet
again!) as an example, are you saying that you can have an implicit
agreement (due to frequency) that your 1H can be normal or the psychic
kind, and yet that implicit agreement isn't open to regulation by your
NCBO? 

> Let's put it this way: suppose every player were to disclose, 
> individually, the number of psyches they did in the past 5 years. My 
> number would be 10, many players would have 0, John would have 1000. 
> This is "information" but it does not turn your next psyche into an 
> illegal bid.
> 
> > I stick with my view, the Laws give you the right to psych, but then
> > more or less take it away again, unless you're a new partnership. 
> > 
> 
> And that view is completely wrong, and it has been called thus by the
> WBF.
> 
I think we're comparing apples and oranges. I'm talking about
establishing implicit agreements, not just giving opponents a pure
measure of frequency. 


Brian. 

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