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People, people, people, my god. It was a nice thing to do, because it was done with good intentions. I am so sick of people with their double edged swords; it's wrong to feel pity for a crippled person, but it's right to volunteer for the special olympics events. It's wrong to feel sorry for a blind person, but it's right to check the little organ donation boxes on your driver license. It's wrong to utter a racial slur in jest, unless you're a member of that race. It's wrong to assume you should hold the door for a lady, but it's right to hold the door for a lady. It's wrong to give a handout, but it's right to tithe. It's wrong to look at a deformed person, but it's right to not look the other way. Stop being so judgemental, and touchy. The only time it's wrong to do something nice for someone is when it's done with known selfishness.
A sacrifice is a voluntary, calculated offer to give up material in return for some less obvious compensation. For example, if White gives up a Knight to expose Black's castled King to an attack, White has sacrificed a Knight.
A sacrifice of a Pawn in the opening is usually called a gambit. A sacrifice that initiates a combination is called a combinational sacrifice. A sacrifice that gains some kind of positional advantage is called a positional sacrifice.
A sacrifice that is not voluntary is called a blunder.
Originally posted by SJ247I agree with your examples; our society is stupid and indecisive in its treatment of things different from the norm. However, what arrakis did wasn't kindness. It was an act of contempt, an act that established him as the superior person. By giving the guy a cheap high that he wouldn't want if he'd known why it happened, arrakis made the crippled man less human as the rest of us. And that's the last thing people in his situation want.
People, people, people, my god. It was a nice thing to do, because it was done with good intentions. I am so sick of people with their double edged swords; it's wrong to feel pity for a crippled person, but it's right to volunteer for the special olympics events. It's wrong to feel sorry for a blind person, but it's right to check the little organ donation ...[text shortened]... s wrong to do something nice for someone is when it's done with known selfishness.
True, no one but arrakis knew that he'd thrown the game. The outcome was entirely positive; the man was happy for winning, and arrakis was happy by his incredibly "magnanomous" deed. However, in principle, the act was based upon arrakis establishing superiority over the crippled man, and believing that he had to hand him his happiness.
Originally posted by arrakisTrue sacrifice is:
I've been playing in professional chess tournaments since 1972 [yuppers, guess I'm older than dirt :-) ]
Well, one year I played in the Detroit Open and in round 1 I was paired against this poor f#cked up guy in a wheelchair, whose only enjoyment in life was to play in chess tournaments...
I was a favorite for the tournament because way back then my ...[text shortened]... that!"
Heh, Rev Lindell Brady. Great guy.
I've never thrown a game since...
The situation:
You are at somebody elses house, there is only a limited amount of toilet paper left and you have been experiencing sticky poo the last couple of bowel movements. There is no toilet brush.
The sacrifice:
You use some of the toilet paper to lay down in the bowl, so that the sticky poo doesn't stick to the bowl and give you cause for embarrassment.
The result:
Wet arse syndrome until another toilet is found.
Originally posted by ark13I tend to agree. And I worry about descriptions like "poor f#cked up guy in a wheelchair, whose only enjoyment in life was to play in chess tournaments" and "what was going through my mind was how important this tournament was to him".
I agree with your examples; our society is stupid and indecisive in its treatment of things different from the norm. However, what arrakis did wasn't kindness. It was an act of contempt, an act that established him as the superior person. By giving the guy a cheap high that he wouldn't want if he'd known why it happened, arrakis made the crippled man less h ...[text shortened]... g superiority over the crippled man, and believing that he had to hand him his happiness.
Just sounds a bit patronising.
Originally posted by ark13WOW! Your thinking is really warped guy.
I agree with your examples; our society is stupid and indecisive in its treatment of things different from the norm. However, what arrakis did wasn't kindness. It was an act of contempt, an act that established him as the superior person. By giving the guy a cheap high that he wouldn't want if he'd known why it happened, arrakis made the crippled man less h g superiority over the crippled man, and believing that he had to hand him his happiness.
I made the sacrifice (yes, that's what it was) so that another person could feel good about something that he accomplished.
Originally posted by arrakisOn the contrary. Ask yourself, if he ever found out that you had let him win, or that you pity him and consider him lower than you using such comments as 'f#cked up guy in a wheelchair', do you think he would thank you? If someone showed me such patronising and belittling behviour, I'd run over their foot in my wheelchair, f#cked up or not.
WOW! Your thinking is really warped guy. ðŸ˜
Originally posted by dottewellA bit?
I tend to agree. And I worry about descriptions like "poor [censored] up guy in a wheelchair, whose only enjoyment in life was to play in chess tournaments" and "what was going through my mind was how important this tournament was to him".
Just sounds a bit patronising.
Arrakis: Did you conclude that playing in chess tournaments is his only enjoyment in life simply because he is using a wheelchair, or do you actually know this person well enough to make such a claim? I don't see how being disabled would lead to an inability to enjoy anything else than chess tournaments. But even if that were the case, do you think he plays in chess tournaments in the hope that people will let him win because they pity him? You treated him like a child or an idiot. It's exactly this kind of behaviour which makes the life of disabled people difficult. In this case, there was no harm done because he didn't notice it, but what if he had found out about it?
