Author: Evgeny Shaposhnikov
Date: 20:18:25 11/18/04
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On November 18, 2004 at 20:16:54, Uri Blass wrote: >No >If something is allowed it is not cheating. > >Saying that using computers is allowed is enough and you do not need to say more >than it. > >I see no reason to mention cheating because the default assumption is that not >using computers is allowed unless something else was mentioned in the rules(of >course in tournament between computers not using computers is cheating but when >you do not say that the tournament is between computers then it is obvious that >not using computer is allowed). > >Uri I hope there is no ambiguity here as it's clearly said that cheating in this particular case is in accordance with the tournament rules. If you think that the premise for something to be called cheating is that it is not allowed, then we do not share the same notion of cheating. CCO argues that cheating is not inherently unethical. CCO has developed its own normative ethical system and the derived etiquette upon the metaethical doctrine of ethical nihilism. In CCO's view, cheating is neither ethical nor unethical, it is simply an activity which doesn't have the quality of being "good" or "bad". CCO is strongly opposed to labeling human activities as "good" or "bad" as we see it as a shield for tyranny of those in power, whether in a particular political system or another organization of human activity. CCO also strongly objects to using the term "cheater" as we consider this is a pejorative term used by those who would force others to play only by their prefered rules. CCO takes a liberal stance towards favoring the rights to dissent from orthodox tenets or established authorities. While the majority of CCO members are not cheaters, and have never been, there is a small number of them who adhere to computer cheating and see it as a creative use of computers in order to secretely gain advantage in a chess game. Some of those people consider cheating to be aestethically good, some of them claiming it to be an art. CCO is based on the principles of free speech and tolerance, so most non-cheating CCO members have a tolerant attitude towards cheating members, and vice versa.
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