[blml] 40B3?

[Eric Landau]

On Jan 16, 2008, at 10:21 PM, Steve Willner wrote:

> Once one accepts that either school is preferred, it's easy to read  
> the
> Laws as supporting that position.  That's why an interpretation is  
> needed.

But, as Herman has made quite clear, one cannot read the laws as  
supporting the DWS.  The entire rationale for the DWS is based on the  
premise that the laws are inconsistent, that a player may be forced  
to break one law or another, and that it is therefore legitimate when  
this occurs to choose for oneself which law to break.  The MS reads  
the laws in such a way that there is no inconsistency, and argues  
that the MS protocol breaks no laws.  ISTM that if we are to resolve  
differences of interpretation by looking to intent, we must prefer  
the interpretation that assumes a consistent lawbook over one that  
assumes that the laws are written in such a way that they cannot be  
followed.


Eric Landau
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