I read this entire thread as well as
the one that preceded it.
Enough, already.
First issue: following the rules is not breaking the rules.
The rules provide a series of definitions, actions, and consequences.
The rules define fouls. They give the consequences of fouls.
Not following the stated consequences of a foul would be breaking the rules.
For example, if someone double hit a cue ball, or accidentally tapped the cueball past the break line, or left themselves an easy shot on the money ball, and if in each of these situations you: declined to punish the foul, or allowed the opponent another attempt at a legal break, or declined to insist your opponent make the easy money ball for the win- you are, strictly speaking, breaking the rules.
On the other hand, if there is absolutely no way to make contact with an object ball, rather than put yourself in a position of certain loss, you May intentionally accept the consequences of a foul, and possibly still get another shot in the game. This is not breaking the rule, because you are following the definition of a foul, and accepting the stated consequences in the rule. Just as you have already been told, several times before here.
Second issue: pool does not attempt to identify or punish intent
The rules rarely, if ever, attempt to define intent, or to provide a consequence for something intentional as opposed to an event based on honest error or lack of skill. Intent is a non-issue, and you will drive yourself crazy trying to figure out why people do certain things. You don't even need to know Why- you have the actions and the consequences laid out in the rules.
Even on the issue of "sportsmanship," the rules never attempt to delve into the mind of the sportsman and identify whether he is deliberately trying to shark his opponent or if he is just twitchy, loud, or naturally incontinent. Here, in the case of "intentional" fouls, the rules do not ask whether an honest attempt was made to make a legal shot. Otherwise, people would be encouraged to lie, call ridiculously impossible shots, and to argue.
Conclusion
You are putting meanings into the rules that are just not there.
Clearly it makes you feel smug, superior, and more "honorable" than 99% of the pool playing world. Instead, however, it is showing your naive misunderstanding of the strict rules and strategies in the game. It is as though you are playing chess but suddenly insisting that All pieces may only proceed forward until they reach the end of the board, and that players who move pieces in retreat are dishonorable cheaters.
By changing the rules with your added meanings, you are refusing to see the strategy and beauty that is already possible. Your arguments are also Very similar to those new bar players who insist that playing safe instead of wildly attempting to pocket an impossible ball is "chicken" or "dirty."
I gently and kindly suggest that you start a new account and abandon this one, that you learn to listen respectfully to those who have played intense and competitive pool for decades and who understand the art and the strategies of the games more deeply than you do, and that you remove your business card from this thread. I would Never play even a friendly game with someone who made up new meanings to the rules, who further believed his personal, imaginary meanings were a demonstration of someone's character, and I would Never seek the billiard related services of one who clearly did not understand the games on which he is trying to build a business.
