[FTC]: Defense vs. Gracious Professionalism

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I have been re-reading through the Official FIRST Q&A Forums, specifically "Section 2 - The Game" and noticed that at least 5 different times (#6,#7,#8,#9,#13) it is stated that it is not against the rules to either hold the opposing alliances' pucks or to dump them out of play either in Tele-Op or in Autonomous modes.

Defense is about denying your opponent the opportunity to score.

I am curious to see what people's opinion's are about this type of defensive strategy.

Is it good aggressive defense or does it cross the line into being ungracious?

Does it make a difference of what quality opponent you are facing or when? (For example: I think against a new and struggling team it is obviously way too aggressive/ungracious, but what about against a quality team that consistently scores a full rack during Auto and the other 3 during Tele-Op).