[blml] Cut the mustard [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Herman De Wael]

Sven Pran wrote:
>> On Behalf Of Jean-Pierre Rocafort
> ...........
>>> >From Scope:
>>> When a player "should" do something ("a claim should be accompanied at
>> once
>>> by a statement."), his failure to do it is an infraction of Law, which
>> will
>>> jeopardise his rights, but which will seldom incur a procedural penalty.
>>>
>>> So failure to comply strictly with Law 46A will seldom (if ever) incur a
>>> procedural penalty.
>> only when it is deliberate, you mean?
> 
> Yes, if it is deliberate in a "malicious" way.
> 
> I would for instance never dream of considering the use of "trump" instead
> of the actual name of the trump suit or the word "ruff" as a call for a
> small trump to be a violation of Law 46A although technically it sure is a
> violation and even a deliberate violation of this law.
> 
> If I tried any kind of reaction in such cases I would certainly and
> immediately be out of engagements as Tournament Director, at least here in
> Norway. (I don't know about Belgium.) 
> 

WHY is that deemed necessary, Sven?
I was not involved in this thread at all.
This just goes to show that some readers have it in for me.

And, just for the record, no-one in Belgium would dream of giving PP's 
for saying 'ruff' in stead of "five of spades, please".

> Regards Sven
> 

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Herman DE WAEL
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