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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
Nevertheless, I don't think they were strictly wrong in a moral sense to be deceptive (if they did so)
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No surprise I disagree with you here -- there's nothing even vaguely gracious about lying to someone for your own advantage.
...but given that this particular, very ugly and fictional cat is out of the bag, this:
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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
And by having this discussion, here on the forum, we allow the system to self-regulate: every team has access to the same information, has a similar ability to digest it, and can each make rational choices based upon it.
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is reasonable.
People are free to believe Tuba4 or me or whomever else -- but I hope they'll be willing to give the benefit of the doubt that they themselves would like to receive if similar accusations were leveled at them.
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Originally Posted by bduddy
If they believed their robot wasn't working, why did they accept their invitation?
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That's the point: I'm the wrong person to ask. You'd have to ask the parties involved.
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Originally Posted by bduddy
And what's with this sudden sentiment that anything even remotely controversial should absolutely never be discussed or even brought up on CD? What, exactly, are we supposed to be using this forum for then?
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I didn't say that we should avoid controversy (and indeed, anyone who has followed any of my posts since I joined this wonderful place knows I'm not one to shy away from such discussions) -- what I said was that making accusations against a team on Chief Delphi is inappropriate. Discussions of questionable behavior are fine, but this is personal and besmirches every member of the accused team.
We know what regional he's talking about, we know what teams he's talking about... This isn't reasonable discussion, it's libelous smearing.