more concerned with winning and outdoing their opponents than helping their ownconstituents, a trait he attributes speci cally to America.
sooo relevant in today's world
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War stops being play if you don’t respect your opponen
I am confused by this. When in war has one country respected the other? The war is a result of disagreement and or anger.
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physical and solid arts are not play
This is because it is not an action.
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I have never heard as war being referred to as a game personally but i wonder if it is at all offensive to those serving the country? I would assume that most individuals don't see play as defined in this article.
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Often alawsuit would be settled with a race, duel between champions, game of chance, orrhetorical battle
I continue to be surprised at the various definitions and examples of play. This historical resolution in court gives to much context to what play is and how imbedded it is within our world.
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a funeral, aninitiation ceremony, a new house
Crazy to think that a funeral or anything ceremonial is considered play.
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It says that play is not focused around dominating others but when competitive people play games isn't it their goal to win and get others out?
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all play is a voluntary act, “play to order is nolonger play
So does this mean that when we are instructed in a classroom to participate in an educational game, we are not necessarily "playing" because we are ordered to do so?
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You can describe the characteristics ofplay and you can de ne qualities of something that is not play, but it’s always going tobe a loose concept.
Goes on to describe how difficult it is to but a label on what play is due to how much it varies.
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Allpeoples play, and play remarkably alike; but their languages di er widely in theirconception of play, conceiving it neither as distinctly nor as broadly as modernEuropean languages do
Great quote. Explains how play means different things depending on not only the culture but also language.
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In ancient German, the word for play is an abstract concept that couldreference a drinking competition or deciding how to kill someone.
Example of how play varies from culture to culture.
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The premise of the article.
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