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muriel_volestrangler

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5. Real sports have ties and draws

Reply to Philosoraptor (Original post)

Thu Oct 4, 2012, 06:50 AM

Oct 2012

Football (real football, that is), cricket etc. (there's a difference between a tie and a draw in cricket; a tie is when both teams get exactly the same number of runs, which, since that's in the hundreds, is very rare; a draw is when you run out of time in a time-limited match, which generally means one team has been playing to force a draw towards the end).

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Get a grip folks, & stop comparing the debate to a ball game [View all] Philosoraptor Oct 2012 OP

Right on treestar Oct 2012 #1

If he were flagged for lying... Philosoraptor Oct 2012 #2

The problem is, there AREN'T flags for lying. GaYellowDawg Oct 2012 #8

Or the pundits could treestar Oct 2012 #12

Party unity, work out asses off. The choice is clear. nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #3

if winning in politics were really like a game onethatcares Oct 2012 #4

Real sports have ties and draws muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #5

Short Attention Span Theater... KharmaTrain Oct 2012 #6

I think you should get a grip, considering your last sentence. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #7

Yeah? And if many in the general public view it as a game, ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2012 #9

Get a grip comrade Philosoraptor Oct 2012 #10

On what? ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2012 #11