YET ANOTHER PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION ON BRIDGE......

The problem most mortal bridge players face is that when they encounter far superior opponents, they have no defensive weapons against the barrage attack based on cleverness, cunning, smart thinking and highly developed bidding techniques. Moreover they have much less in the way of offensive weapons to initiate any retaliatory responses and counter-attacks. Any impartial observer would be mortified by the blind faith they have in the capability of their pea-shooters to knock-out the opponents' 40 tonne armour-plated tanks. With this amazingly naive view of their own alarming vulnerability and fragileness, I now understand where the phrase " lambs to the slaughter " comes from.