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Posted By: Chiva Tafazzoli
Date: Monday, 6 April 2015, at 6:58 a.m.

In Response To: Ethics (Brett Meyer)

I personally am sick and tired of these "ethical" questions. Playing backgammon for money... is that "ethical" in the first place? "Go get a job!", some might say. And while you are in your real job, is everything else there "ethical", or will you encounter similar situations as described there as well?

In my opinion, tournaments and other forms of competition have to have some ethics and do´s and dont´s, but in money play, everything counts, except cheating. Money play is beyond competition and as the name indicates, a source for making money. Looking around with your eyes open, you´ll see that in real life, anything legal (and sometimes even illegal) to obtain an edge over your competitor, is fully applied. Why does money play in backgammon have to be any different?

Messages In This Thread

• Ethics
  Brett Meyer -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 4:24 a.m.
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    Stick -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 4:35 a.m.
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      Jake Jacobs -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 5:56 a.m.
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        ChanningW -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 8:38 a.m.
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    Casper Van der Tak -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 6:34 a.m.
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    roadkillbooks -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 8:36 a.m.
  • Ethical Revisions
    mamabear -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 11:56 a.m.
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    Stein Kulseth -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 12:28 p.m.
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    Phil Simborg -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 12:58 p.m.
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      Brett Meyer -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 3:59 a.m.
      • Ethics
        ChanningW -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 8:14 a.m.
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      Chuck Bower -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 5:06 p.m.
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        Phil Simborg -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 6:17 p.m.
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          Albert Steg -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 6:38 p.m.
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          Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 12:58 a.m.
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          Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 4:53 p.m.
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            Art Grater -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 8:14 p.m.
          • position of cube --very incorrect chuck
            Phil simborg -- Tuesday, 14 April 2015, at 8:40 a.m.
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        Taper_Mike -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 6:57 p.m.
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          Chuck Bower -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 7:40 p.m.
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            Taper_Mike -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 9:10 p.m.
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              Stick -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 9:40 p.m.
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            Barry Silliman -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 11:42 p.m.
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        Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 12:54 a.m.
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        Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 2:51 a.m.
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          ChanningW -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 8:19 a.m.
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            Colin Owen -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 10:12 a.m.
            • position of cube during Crawford game
              Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 4:32 p.m.
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    Albert Steg -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 1:29 p.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 5:26 p.m.
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    Max Levenstein -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 7:16 p.m.
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      Albert Steg -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 11:39 p.m.
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        Fatboy -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 1:23 a.m.
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          Art Grater -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 5:09 a.m.
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    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 6:58 a.m.
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      Albert Steg -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 3:37 p.m.
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      Taper_Mike -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 6:47 p.m.
      • Chouette Ethics: Singling out weaker players
        ChanningW -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 7:56 p.m.
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      David Rennie -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 7:14 p.m.
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      Casper Van der Tak -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 11:33 p.m.