Comments for No Female Warriors Needed at http://paintedred.info , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://paintedred.info Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:40:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://paintedred.info/26-No-Female-Warriors-Needed.html#comment-17 Interesting question, Lauretta. Certainly when winning becomes more important than how you played the game, then the answer would have to be yes. But what if playing a game, say soccer, were used as a way to teach cooperation rather than to develop individual stature? What then? What if the trophy went to the team where the ball was passed the most, or where the MVP was the player who helped her teammates have the most fun, as opposed to scoring the most goals? I love the point you bring up, that when we set our goals as low as scoring points, then compassion becomes irrelevant. But it doesn't have to be that way. It is the [i]focus[/i] of the competition that brings on this unfortunate circumstance. This is why it is so important to teach our kids that winning is really not the point. How you play the game makes all the difference in the world. I've never really thought this through before. I remember having times in my life when I knew it was more moral to play fair, but if I could win by cheating and wouldn't get caught, then why not? This is why not. I would be losing more than I would gain. Thanks for bringing this up. - Annabella Wood Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:23:13 +0100