[blml] All is illusion. [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[gesta at tiscali.co.uk]

Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
[also grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk]
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"Football is football. If it was different
it wouldn't be the same game."
                    - Garth Crooks.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <richard.hills at immi.gov.au>
To: "Bridge Laws Mailing List" <blml at amsterdamned.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:33 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] All is illusion. [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]


> Jerry Fusselman:
>
>>Grattan, you have a talent for ambiguity.  Though I found the
>>reference from Google, I have no idea what you are talking about.
>>Have you, like Galileo, recently been forced to make a public
>>statement at odds with your true belief?
>
> Grattan Endicott (recent public posting, "But me no buts" thread):
>
> [snip]
>
>>>This is considered to be the dictionary meaning of 'but' and
>>>explicit, thus - for the majority of the subcommittee - in no
>>>need of further clarification.
>>>                                      ~ Grattan ~   +=+
>
> Richard Hills:
>
> Under the Westminster principle of Cabinet Solidarity, all
> discussions of the Cabinet are theoretically kept secret for a
> long period (in Australia thirty years), and all Ministers of the
> Cabinet must publicly support the majority decision of the Cabinet
> even if they privately disagreed during the secret debate.
>
> On the issue of "theoretically kept secret", this observation was
> made by Sir Humphrey Appleby:
>
> "The ship of state is the only ship which leaks from the top."
>
> :-)
>
+=+ I say nothing as to recent occasions but adherence to
the Westminster principle has meant that, from time to time,
I have defended or stated a corporate position with which
I am not in personal agreement. Traces may sometimes be
found in WBFLC minutes here and there. Some cultures
do not maintain this convention of corporate loyalty. Mine
does.
     As an aside, during the later stages of WWII and the
early stages of the ensuing 'peace' it was my regular
responsibility in Rome to translate delicately ambiguous
texts from the French and the Italian naval authorities into
English of comparable delights for the benefit of Rear
Admiral Warren RN, Commodore Ziroli USN, and their
staffs - and just occasionally vice-versa. The Commodore
was possibly more ethnically appreciative of the subtleties
than the Rear Admiral.
                                       ~ Grattan ~   +=+