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Yup...how else do you compete? When you compete and win, someone loses. That doesn't make you greedy.
What does competition have to do with it? When what's her name had the legs of another skater broken to put her out of the competition, that was a monumental display of greed. There is fair competition, but once you puposely and knowingly put the opposition at an unfair advantage, that constitutes greed. The operative word in the above sentence is "unfair". There is a word in the dictionary spelled I-N-T-E-G-R-I-T-Y. There is nothing wrong with winning fairly and squarely.
What does competition have to do with it? When what's her name had the legs of another skater broken to put her out of the competition, that was a monumental display of greed.
Yup...how else do you compete? When you compete and win, someone loses. That doesn't make you greedy.
It all depends on how you define the ethics of winning and losing.
Nobody is greedy, it's all just competition.
In an unbridled capitalistic system (such as America), greed is defined as success. Otherwise one could be labeled as a "communist".
Anyone want to actually take the definition of the word and trace its meaning down from there or is this another one of those "What it means to me" threads?
I realize there is "some" subjective aspects to the discussion, but people are arguing over "personal meanings" which are irrelevant to the issue as "what is means to me" does not equate to "what it actually means".
Anyone want to actually take the definition of the word and trace its meaning down from there or is this another one of those "What it means to me" threads?
I realize there is "some" subjective aspects to the discussion, but people are arguing over "personal meanings" which are irrelevant to the issue as "what is means to me" does not equate to "what it actually means".
Well, here's the Wiki on the subject.
"Greed in psychology is an excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth."
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