ChrisBanks
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You're wise indeed.
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You're wise indeed.
I think what he is imply is, example, He practices different racks, different breaks, which different balls maybe lose maybe not, and finds that when either corner ball is a little lose if the breaks second ball from the opposite side he is almost a shoewin to make that corner ball. His oppnent racks and leaves the corner ball lose. Should he tell his opponent to rerack or break knowing he will make that corner ball?
Chris do you really think its ok to cheat in pool? You said in an earlier post that you loved some pool games how can you really love the game and be ok with disgracing it? Is winning from cheating really winning at all? I love this game and I can't even imagine doing something to give myself an advantage that's against the rules but then again I call fouls against myself too even if my opponent didn't see them.
ChrisBanks
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Oh you've raised an ethical dilemma. How will we solve it?
The golden rule thing is offtopic but kind of interesting. I never stopped to think how it really isn't valid.
Basically, people have different standards for adequate punishment, what constitutes abuse, what's considered rude or over the line, and so on.
To use a real-world example, say you have a guy who is used to a big family, lots of squabbles growing up with siblings, later he goes into the military and he's used to drill sergeants barking at him. He's got pretty thick skin.
He's used to the idea that... if he screws up, someone will yell at him and maybe even raise their voice and cuss him out. And to him that's normal and ok. He truly doesn't have any hurt feelings about it.
If anything, if someone is gentle about correcting him, he's offended because it makes him feel like he's being treated like a baby... like they're handling him with kid gloves because he's not tough enough to take criticism.
When that guy applies the golden rule, he will go ahead and yell at someone and then be baffled if they get hurt feelings. He may even chew them out for it.
Everyone has a line you shouldn't cross, but not everyone's line is in the same location.
Basically, people have different standards for adequate punishment, what constitutes abuse, what's considered rude or over the line, and so on.
To use a real-world example, say you have a guy who is used to a big family, lots of squabbles growing up with siblings, later he goes into the military and he's used to drill sergeants barking at him. He's got pretty thick skin.
He's used to the idea that... if he screws up, someone will yell at him and maybe even raise their voice and cuss him out. And to him that's normal and ok. He truly doesn't have any hurt feelings about it.
If anything, if someone is gentle about correcting him, he's offended because it makes him feel like he's being treated like a baby... like they're handling him with kid gloves because he's not tough enough to take criticism.
When that guy applies the golden rule, he will go ahead and yell at someone and then be baffled if they get hurt feelings. He may even chew them out for it.
Everyone has a line you shouldn't cross, but not everyone's line is in the same location.
ChrisBanks
Banned
You've got a good understanding of the problems associated with it!