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Hands touching the ground.

Posted by: Gary Jones ( ) at 2006-10-18 15:37:19
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Can't argue with you. You and I can speculate on intent all we want, but,as is often the case, the rules, as written, seem to require too much "reading between the lines." And we're usually trying to relate or apply rules written for serious, international play to the social form of the game where most people seem to prefer not to be too nitpicking about the letters of the law.

Since you read the original French, do you feel that much is lost in translation? Or do you have a theory why the rules often seem to be so ambiguous and unclear after all these years of rewrites?

This thread:

Hands touching the ground. lou han 2006-10-17 14:25:23

Hands touching the ground. Ray Ager 2006-10-17 15:13:33

Hands touching the ground. Guy Therrien 2006-10-17 15:50:24

Hands touching the ground. Guy Therrien 2006-10-17 16:35:01

Hands touching the ground. Gary Jones 2006-10-17 21:00:19

Hands touching the ground. Guy Therrien 2006-10-18 12:05:47

Hands touching the ground. Gary Jones 2006-10-18 15:37:19

Hands touching the ground. Guy Therrien 2006-10-19 01:17:00

Hands touching the ground. Ray Ager 2006-10-21 05:17:52

Hands touching the ground. Barbara Randall 2006-10-24 05:32:49



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