Comments on: Celebrating the heroes, damning the cheats, and always loving the game http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/20/celebrating-the-heroes-damning-the-cheats-and-always-loving-the-game/ Think - it ain't illegal yet... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:32:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Elaine http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/20/celebrating-the-heroes-damning-the-cheats-and-always-loving-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-51800 Elaine Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:16:47 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=3091#comment-51800 If, Russ, what you said were true there would not be such a thing as a First World Country...we would all be living much closer to subsistance level. If, Russ, what you said were true there would not be such a thing as a First World Country…we would all be living much closer to subsistance level.

]]> By: Russ Wellen http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/20/celebrating-the-heroes-damning-the-cheats-and-always-loving-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-51795 Russ Wellen Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:26:03 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=3091#comment-51795 Very illuminating, especially the part about Gamarra. I appreciate that you condemn cheaters in business. But I still think 90% of business persons get up in the morning, leave the house, and walk under an imaginary arch that reads: "Abandon all ethics, ye who enter here." They feel that capitalism is a separate universe where cut-throat competition ultimately leads to prosperity for all. To those of us who stand outside that world (and, admittedly, don't understand it that well), this strikes us as justification and denial. The havoc that's finally come to fruition as a result of "free" markets bears witness to that. Very illuminating, especially the part about Gamarra.

I appreciate that you condemn cheaters in business. But I still think 90% of business persons get up in the morning, leave the house, and walk under an imaginary arch that reads: “Abandon all ethics, ye who enter here.”

They feel that capitalism is a separate universe where cut-throat competition ultimately leads to prosperity for all. To those of us who stand outside that world (and, admittedly, don’t understand it that well), this strikes us as justification and denial.

The havoc that’s finally come to fruition as a result of “free” markets bears witness to that.

]]> By: Ubertramp http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/20/celebrating-the-heroes-damning-the-cheats-and-always-loving-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-51735 Ubertramp Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:07:37 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=3091#comment-51735 Great post. Thanks! Great post. Thanks!

]]> By: whythawk http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/20/celebrating-the-heroes-damning-the-cheats-and-always-loving-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-51726 whythawk Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:33:06 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=3091#comment-51726 John Gall, yeah, sorry about that, and I can't see US-based sites so can't offer links there either, although http://www.nbcolympics.com/ is supposed to be covering it. And Russ, I imagine that if Obama was seen congratulating Bolt BEFORE spending at least a week cleaning Michael Phelps car, it would be a deal-breaker for most Americans ;) John Gall, yeah, sorry about that, and I can’t see US-based sites so can’t offer links there either, although http://www.nbcolympics.com/ is supposed to be covering it.

And Russ, I imagine that if Obama was seen congratulating Bolt BEFORE spending at least a week cleaning Michael Phelps car, it would be a deal-breaker for most Americans ;)

]]> By: Russ Wellen http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/20/celebrating-the-heroes-damning-the-cheats-and-always-loving-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-51717 Russ Wellen Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:33:38 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=3091#comment-51717 Eloquent post. Re Bolt, it cracks me up he has the same name as Saddam. From Yahoo Answers, somebody wrote (can't vouch): <BLOCKQUOTE>He's not secretly muslim, he's openly muslim, and proud of it. His parents converted to islam more than 25 years ago. Usain sounds like Hussein because it's more or less the same name, just the letter "H" isnt pronounced in Jamaican dialect.</BLOCKQUOTE> Guess that means Obama can't be seen congratulating him. Eloquent post. Re Bolt, it cracks me up he has the same name as Saddam.

From Yahoo Answers, somebody wrote (can’t vouch):

He’s not secretly muslim, he’s openly muslim, and proud of it. His parents converted to islam more than 25 years ago. Usain sounds like Hussein because it’s more or less the same name, just the letter “H” isnt pronounced in Jamaican dialect.

Guess that means Obama can’t be seen congratulating him.

]]> By: John Gall http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/20/celebrating-the-heroes-damning-the-cheats-and-always-loving-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-51710 John Gall Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:25:36 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=3091#comment-51710 When I call up the two videos you linked, I see a message that the content isn't available outside the U.K. Disappointing. When I call up the two videos you linked, I see a message that the content isn’t available outside the U.K.
Disappointing.

]]> By: Elaine http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/20/celebrating-the-heroes-damning-the-cheats-and-always-loving-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-51704 Elaine Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:16:50 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=3091#comment-51704 <a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23541515-details/LEO+MCKINSTRY:+Is+it+any+coincidence+that+most+of+our+Olympic+champions+were+privately+educated/article.do" rel="nofollow">link</a> link

]]> By: Jeff Watson http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/20/celebrating-the-heroes-damning-the-cheats-and-always-loving-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-51699 Jeff Watson Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:59:12 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=3091#comment-51699 Whythehawk: That's the best post I've ever read at S&R. Jeff Whythehawk:

That’s the best post I’ve ever read at S&R.

Jeff

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