[blml] re claim

[gesta at tiscali.co.uk]

Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
[following address discontinued:
grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk]
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"We do not want those who are 
illegally in the country in Culpeper.
It's not meant to be mean-spirited, 
it's not against any nationality, any 
race, it's not against any socio -economic 
factors. It's about what is legal and 
what is illegal - and to me it's very 
black and white."
         Steve Jenkins (Culpeper VA.) 
has a problem with Hispanic incomers. 
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian" <bmeadows666 at gmail.com>
To: <blml at amsterdamned.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] re claim


> On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 12:23:31 -0000
> <gesta at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>>           In my opinion, past statements of principle by the 
>> WBFLC continue to apply unless incompatible with law;
> 
> So what you're saying, Grattan, if I may rephrase it, is that any
> entity or individual wanting to accurately determine the current
> understanding of any law must attempt to access all WBFLC minutes,
> right back to the inception of the WBFLC, just in case there is a
> "statement of principle" that is still in force, i.e. one that has not
> been voided by becoming "incompatible with law". 
> 
> If that is the case, then may I suggest that the game would best be
> served by having the next FLB make no modifications to the Laws
> whatsoever, but rather be used to get everything up to date so that
> someone reading TFLB may be certain that what they are reading
> accurately reflects the laws, at least at the date of publication, and
> that all WBFLC minutes published prior to that date may be safely
> disregarded? 
> 
+=+ The minutes are posted on the web and may be read. Those 
interested will read them. The ecats website and the blakjak site 
provide extra exposure for them. Failure to look at published 
information does not expunge its existence and we do what we can 
to make the minutes available. David Stevenson has made a useful 
contribution to the exercise by including mention of the more 
significant matters in the English Bridge Union's 'White Book', also
available (on the EBU's website). 
                                                 ~ Grattan ~   +=+