On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> What if it is a team golf match (Ryder Cup, Collegate championship, >> etc) - is it OK to cheat then? > > never ok in golf.
Why is golf different than any other sport? > >> If your team wins a soccer (or baseball, or basketball, etc) game >> because you cheated, isn't that also helping you? > > lol. sure. > >> I don't really see the distinction - whether individual sport or team >> sport, cheating is cheating. > > cheating is cheating, sure. no doubt. bending the rules, to help your > team win, under the watchful eyes of an official, if they dont catch > it... more power to ya. I see, so its only cheating if you get caught. That is a pretty lame excuse for trying to justify the behavior. > >> Often times, in soccer matches, it seems to me that its not the most >> skilled players that determine the outcome, but the best actors (and >> by my definition - the best cheaters). > > sure thing... but look at brazil yesterday... this happened, they > pushed the limits too > far and look what happened to them... they lost. > >> Want to see how soccer should really be played? Watch a group of >> junior players who have yet to learn that 'taking a dive' is 'part of >> the game'. > > no doubt. but they will learn that craft soon enough. > If I ever saw my kids doing that, hey would never play organized sports again. That is not the type of character I want to instill in my children. I hate the 'everyone does it' or 'if he/she gets away with it, its OK' mentality. Cheating is cheating - even if you call it 'pushing the boundaries' or whatever other labels you gave it. Cheating seems to be acceptable in soccer - more so than in other sports I watch regularly - sorry, but any sport that ignores or, in my opinion, seems to condone cheating is not one I feel is worth the effort. -- Scott Stroz --------------- You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris http://xkcd.com/38 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340241 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
