[blml] A strory with a conclusion

[Hirsch Davis]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herman De Wael" <hermandw at skynet.be>
To: "Bridge Laws Mailing List" <blml at amsterdamned.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 5:10 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] A strory with a conclusion



>
> Yes Matthias, but you have given the answer yourself! Kicking a
> footballer is against the rules! Playing DwS is (IMO) NOT against the
> laws.
>

Of course it is.  You've admitted that yourself.  You claim that it's simply 
a matter of which laws you choose to break.

However, a truly ethical player who was concerned that UI would wake partner 
up would invest in a couple of pens and pads of paper.  Then, when asked for 
an explanation, said player or his partner could simply write out the 
explanation and show it to the opponents, but not partner.  The pair's 
written explanations could be compared at the proper time to check for MI. 
Simply pretend the screens are there, even if they aren't. No UI, no 
intentional MI.  No Laws broken.

Since you've just been shown how to actually stay within all of the Laws 
without giving UI, why persist with dWs?

Hirsch