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On Sundays, amateur sport reveals character, and it’s not always pretty
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The best partners during social sport on weekends are joyous and competitive but don't ever stray into cheating.
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When in need of wisdom or a quick proverb to lean on, we often reach for Greek philosophers. If not Aristotle, then Plato. Or perhaps Socrates, with whom I have a minor and humble quibble. “The more I know,” he said, “the more I realise I know nothing.” Yes, indeed, there is always so much to learn and yet I do know something.
Which is that weekend hackers who don’t fix their ball marks on the golf green deserve a triple-bogey. And those who loudly celebrate a rival’s netted backhand on Sunday deserve some divine punishment. Cheer yourself, dude, not an error by others.
