Re: Equity - some questions

Matthias Berghaus <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.games.bridge.laws
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 01.08.2016 um 00:19 schrieb Robert Frick:
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 14:39:41 -0400, Sven Pran <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> [Sven Pran]
>> This is regretfully a common and very serious misunderstanding; it is
>> absolutely necessary that the Director never confuses penalty and
>> rectification.
> Fairness is a concept that transcends the laws.

Wrong. Have a look at games like Diplomacy or Junta, to name only two. 
Try to play them with a general approach to "fairness". Good luck.

Fairness is what the laws say it is, nothing else.

> If the question is fairness, then technical definitions of rectification and penalty aren't really relevant. If we aren't worried about fairness, then there would be no problem.
>
> But A- is not going to protect anyone and I don't think would make the definition of rectification in the laws. From the internet
>
> Simple Definition of remedial
> : done to correct or improve something : done to make something better
> : done to cure or treat someone
> : involving students who need special help to improve in a particular subject
>
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