Re: Sieberts win NA Swiss

David Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 

> John Blubaugh wrote
>>"Giovanni Bobbio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>> John Blubaugh wrote:
> 
>>> > Please don't leave the impression that they did anything
>>> > unethical. They were barred from playing together because they
>>> > fought at the table and 
>>in
>>> > the halls and it was a disruption and dangerous.
> 
>>> Looks like they did do something unethical, they just didn't cheat.
> 
>>They argued with each other and took away from their opponents
>>pleasure in playing the game. That may be disagreeable but it
>>certainly isn't unethical. If it is, then about 1/2 of the ACBL has
>>been guilty of unethical behavior some time in their playing lives.
> 
>    Funny idea some people have about ethics.
> 
>    They breached the Laws on the Proprieties of Bridge - and most
>    people 
> think ethics and proprieties are the same.
> 

Maybe. But does that make them correct?

I think of Ethics being tied to moral issues and right conduct. 
Proprieties, I consider issues of customary and polite conduct. The two can 
be the same at times. But not always.

Of course, an American arguing with an Englishman(?) about the English 
language may be a battle lost before it starts. You can always claim home 
court advantage.

Otis

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it 
means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."

   "The question is, " said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many 
different things."

   "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty. "which is to be master—that's 
all."

-Lewis Carroll from 'Though the Looking Glass'