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- From: paul@sco.COM (Paul Jackson)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
- Subject: Re: Is this an infraction?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.192054.5186@sco.COM>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 19:20:54 GMT
- References: <C1C78v.KAu@ais.org> <1993Jan24.170601.12087@cbnewsi.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1993Jan24.170601.12087@cbnewsi.cb.att.com> reha@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (reha.gur) writes:
- >From the facts given, no (not unethical). All players have a right to
- >a clear view of dummy and can ask for the cards to be spread out.
- >This in no way implies that you have the card that was obscured.
- >
- >It is easy to not give away what was in your hand,
- >but it could be the case that a person might exhibit behaviour
- >(such as looking at his hand multiple times, scracthing his head and possibly
- >saying "that CAN't be the ace of diamonds.) This would be clearly unethical.
-
- This behaviour is NOT unethical if done by accident. It DOES provide
- unauthorized information to partner and it would be unethical for partner to
- take advantage of the unauthorized behaviour, but it is NOT unethical to
- display surprise at the bridge table for some reason.
-
- Sorry, but I'm getting tired of people labelling inadvertent infractions as
- unethical. Unethical is an extremely pejorative term and should not be
- applied to people who display normal human reactions.
-