[blml] DeWael School and WBFLC

[John Probst]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Willner" <willner at cfa.harvard.edu>
To: <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:53 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] DeWael School and WBFLC


>> From: "raija" <mustikka at charter.net>
> [along with many others]
>> Giving MI intentionally, ... is definitely against the Law.
>
> Telling partner he has given a mistaken explanation is definitely
> against the Law (75D2) as well.  This dilemma -- which Law to violate -- 
> is the _weak_ case for dWS.  (Normally, one would say the specific Law
> overrides the general.  Why not here?)
>
> Those who so vociferously assert that Herman is wrong would gain some
> credibility if they could explain the _strong_ case for dWS.  Herman may
> indeed be wrong, but so far I don't see any evidence that anyone saying
> so understands his point.

I stay out of this discussion as Herman knows my opinion. There is no doubt 
that there is significant merit in his position. I can't even blame it on 
sloppy laws translation as Herman's English is more than good enough to 
understand the nuance of Grattanese English more than well enough, so he 
doesn't rely on a Belgian translation. I am of the opinion that a rigorous 
parsing of the shall, shall not, must, must not, may, may not etc in the 
relevant laws leads to the interpretation to which most of us adhere; 
whereas Herman seems to think not. After 10 years of this amiable 
contretemps I have no intention of rejoining it, but any resolution of the 
deWael school will only be achieved through this rigorous grammatical route. 
I think it's demeaning to Herman and any poster who just tries to howl him 
down. It ain't as clear as that.

Herman!  I'm hereby claiming a deWael School merit point for supporting you 
while simultaneeously telling you you're a bluthering idiot!

  cheers !     rgds  john

>
> Ton and Grattan: if the WBFLC has issued an opinion on this subject, I
> haven't seen it.  While I'm not convinced Herman is right in the weak
> case, neither am I convinced he's wrong.  He almost certainly is right
> in the strong case, but there's no need for any interpretation on that 
> one.
>
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