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I think it probably haunted Mike more than Ian judging by his actions. I'm glad the story ended in forgiveness. People make mistakes, especially in critical mo
by umvi 8y ago
I think it probably haunted Mike more than Ian judging by his actions.
I'm glad the story ended in forgiveness. People make mistakes, especially in critical moments when the stakes are high and emotions are surging.
- chrisseaton 8y agoIf you read to the end he admitted it was cheating - it wasn’t a mistake.
- senorprogrammer 8y agoIt's common to look back in life and see that what was once a deliberate action was in fact a mistake. Not a mistake in the sense of an accidental occurrence, but in the sense that if one could do it over again, one would do it differently. That's how the term "mistake" is used in this article.
- hisnameisjimmy 8y agoAny mistake worth writing an article about is probably something where there's culpability. People commit crimes and describe them as mistakes. There's nothing confusing about that phrasing.
- phkahler 8y agoCheating was the mistake. For some personalities cheating and using others is a way of life and it would not have been a big deal. For others it may have been somewhere in between. But for Mike, cheating probably violated his own sense of morality. It was a mistake, and he only found that out by doing it.
- ncallaway 8y agoI mean this is purely semantics at this point, but I would certainly argue that deliberate and intentional actions can be mistakes.
- IggleSniggle 8y agoIf you read to the end, you realize that it’s more complicated than that. It truly and legitimately felt like cheating, and yet under the written rules, it was not clearly cheating. That’s part of what makes this such a great story. He knew it was cheating, even if it wasn’t cheating from a these are the rules perspective. That is, cheating exists within a cultural context, not just a written context. I feel like this is a weird place in American law: the law is an interpretive endeavor, and yet it is treated as a “rule” where loopholes are “ok” even if it’s not in line with the spirit of the law.
- Gibbon1 8y agoI tried reading the article, but the paragraphs of npr style fluff got to me. But from the comments it's less cheating (breaking the rules) as it was craven betrayal and fraud.
- saalweachter 8y agoThis one weird trick lets you win any race! Competitive cyclists hate this!