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Old 06-29-2007, 02:09 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Colly Wolly View Post
Fair enough. I just thought that there was a correlation there. In both situations, our emotions (emotions arent bad) tempt us to give or do something for someone in order to provide rewards that they would have otherwise been able to obtain for themselves had they been sufficiently skilled or competitive in the first place. But because they weren't sufficiently skilled or competitive, the end result is the team/community/society as a whole is probably worse off. Is that way off base?
You're just assuming that the Coach's son isn't trying out, and a whole bunch of other things. But I get your point.
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