Meditations

[Rooster5man]

I don't trust a large centralized government to have a monopoly over anything.

It's not that bad. Finnish government has a government-granted monopoly over alcohol and betting, for instance, and that's working out pretty fine.

EDIT: What any government needs though, is transparency.

That's exactly what the U.S. Government should've been doing with Marijuana (the monopoly.)

[Oleander]

Chess is considered a sport

Seriously?

Okay guys! This discussion brought me to a question. Without looking any definitions up, in your own mind, are the two concepts "Game" and "Sport" clearly distinguishable? If for you, they are definitely distinct things, what is the difference between them?

[Redafro]

Well, this is probably not accurate, but to me a sport is a physically active game, while a game is any competition.

[Anteroinen]

Well, this is probably not accurate, but to me a sport is a physically active game, while a game is any competition.

That's the general definition I use as well.

[The Kakama]

So all sports are games, but NOT vice versa.

[Anteroinen]

Yes. Do you disagree with the classification so far?

[The Kakama]

I don't completely agree though, I don't think all competitions are games though.

[Anteroinen]

I don't completely agree though, I don't think all competitions are games though.

Hmm.. name one?

EDIT: Like growing vegetables or something?

[Redafro]

Ahh... I see where he is going. Political competition is usually not called a game, or a competition between armies.

Edit: So add something like, "all non harmfully destructive (deadly?) competitions." You can harm to a degree, but not in a destructive way.

[Anteroinen]

Ahh... I see where he is going. Political competition is usually not called a game, or a competition between armies.

Edit: So add something like, "all non harmfully destructive (deadly?) competitions." You can harm to a degree, but not in a destructive way.

What about Russian roulette?