http://giladlotan.com/blog/2007/11/failing-to-follow-the-rules/ culture technology: bridging the gap Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:48:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://giladlotan.com/blog/2007/11/failing-to-follow-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-35185 M.E.N.A. Feeds (Beta) » Blog Archive » Why Do Fans Accept a Referee’s Blindness? Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:46:30 +0000 http://giladlotan.com/blog/?p=216#comment-35185 [...] The assumption is that misjudgments and mistakes are an integral part of the game. In sports, like in business and other disciplines, those who play by the rules, tend to lose. The difference is that only in sports, are these actions magnified and accepted worldwide for “cultural” reasons. Or is it only in sports? more: failing to follow the rules [...] [...] The assumption is that misjudgments and mistakes are an integral part of the game. In sports, like in business and other disciplines, those who play by the rules, tend to lose. The difference is that only in sports, are these actions magnified and accepted worldwide for “cultural” reasons. Or is it only in sports? more: failing to follow the rules [...]

]]> http://giladlotan.com/blog/2007/11/failing-to-follow-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-30638 Why Do Fans Accept a Referee’s Blindness? « Giladon-line Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:47:09 +0000 http://giladlotan.com/blog/?p=216#comment-30638 [...] The assumption is that misjudgments and mistakes are an integral part of the game. In sports, like in business and other disciplines, those who play by the rules, tend to lose. The difference is that only in sports, are these actions magnified and accepted worldwide for “cultural” reasons. Or is it only in sports? more: failing to follow the rules [...] [...] The assumption is that misjudgments and mistakes are an integral part of the game. In sports, like in business and other disciplines, those who play by the rules, tend to lose. The difference is that only in sports, are these actions magnified and accepted worldwide for “cultural” reasons. Or is it only in sports? more: failing to follow the rules [...]

]]> http://giladlotan.com/blog/2007/11/failing-to-follow-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-18259 Obeying the Rules cont’d… « Giladon-line Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:21:02 +0000 http://giladlotan.com/blog/?p=216#comment-18259 [...] I wrote this post several weeks ago on failing to follow the rules. This topic came up again as I was writing a recent Global Voices post. There, I described a blogger’s opinion on the Israeli teachers union response to the court ruling, placing a deadline for their strike to end by issuing a restraint order. Teachers in Israel have been on strike for over 60 days, pursuing better employment conditions and smaller size classrooms (from 40 to 30 kids per class). One blogger brought up the Socrates argument, which highlights the importance to follow rules even if they deem unjust: …Having knowingly agreed to live under the city’s laws, he implicitly subjected himself to the possibility of being accused of crimes by its citizens and judged guilty by its jury. To do otherwise would have caused him to break his “social contract” with the state, and by so doing harming it, an act contrary to Socratic principle… (source: wikipedia) [...] [...] I wrote this post several weeks ago on failing to follow the rules. This topic came up again as I was writing a recent Global Voices post. There, I described a blogger’s opinion on the Israeli teachers union response to the court ruling, placing a deadline for their strike to end by issuing a restraint order. Teachers in Israel have been on strike for over 60 days, pursuing better employment conditions and smaller size classrooms (from 40 to 30 kids per class). One blogger brought up the Socrates argument, which highlights the importance to follow rules even if they deem unjust: …Having knowingly agreed to live under the city’s laws, he implicitly subjected himself to the possibility of being accused of crimes by its citizens and judged guilty by its jury. To do otherwise would have caused him to break his “social contract” with the state, and by so doing harming it, an act contrary to Socratic principle… (source: wikipedia) [...]

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