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xocetaceans

(4,444 posts)
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 05:20 PM Jul 2025

As I said, you and I don't have apparently any sort of similar definition of sports or of competition.

Sports and competition are (at least to me and I believe generally) about what I stated before, but especially about fair play. The principal objection that a lot of people have is that what you are suggesting seems to violate the idea of fair play in at least a few cases. That is the general default view, I think. That is why I cannot see why you still dodge my earlier question. I am asking it as a way to show that fairness can exist in principle. Why you refuse to address that is beyond me, but what do I know?

The way you are currently arguing your point will never convince people who are using different definitions from those which you are using. Basically, you are ignoring their positions and insisting that you are correct. Has sheer insistence ever convinced anyone to alter their views? If at all, very slowly and very seldomly. I saw your "If I could only live long enough to see things change" type of post. If you really want change in the near term, change how you are arguing your point. But again what do I know? Either way, good luck.

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