Post by fatmenace on May 6, 2010 8:36:01 GMT -6
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If the opponent was handicapped or mentally challenged or had just lost his entire family in Iraq or had some incurable disease...I could see it. But to tank and allow an opponent to win and move on simply because he's a good guy seems like the opposite of sportsmanship to me. I don't know, maybe I'm a jerk, but this seemed like an inappropriate situation to make this gesture.
If the opponent was handicapped or mentally challenged or had just lost his entire family in Iraq or had some incurable disease...I could see it. But to tank and allow an opponent to win and move on simply because he's a good guy seems like the opposite of sportsmanship to me. I don't know, maybe I'm a jerk, but this seemed like an inappropriate situation to make this gesture.
