Sportsmanship in Harry Potter

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 151853

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Len Jaffe <orgone9 at ...> wrote:
>
> a_svirn said:
>  Don't you think that there is a certain
>  contradiction of terms in 
>  this statement? If you can cheat, then there are no
>  rules at all. 
> 
> Len npw:
> Nope. Not contradictory at all.
> Cheat (verb) To violate rules deliberately, as in a
> game: *was accused of cheating at cards.*
> 
> You have to have rules to cheat.
> 

a_svirn:
Exactly my point. If cheating is incorporated in the rules, there are 
no rules left.