Sportsmanship in Harry Potter

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 151859

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Joe Goodwin 
<joegoodwin1067 at ...> wrote:
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> 
> a_svirn:
> Don't you think that there is contradiction of terms in this 
> statement? If you can cheat, then there are no rules at all. Total 
> anarchy. 
>    
>   Joe: No it isn't a contradiction at all. In fact you have to 
have rules to have cheating. Cheating is the breaking of rules so if 
you have no rules then you have no cheating.
>    
>   Since you could cheat in the TWT there had to be rules.
> 
> All sports have rules and there is cheating in them. I think you 
might want to rethink that statement.
>    
>   Joe
>
I'll rephrase it then. If you can "cheat in the tourney" it means 
that cheating is incorporated into the rules. In other words there 
is no difference at all between "foul and fair".
a_svirn