Play fair, Fight dirty.

One should always play fair, but never fight fair. I firmly believe that this is true.

Why do we play? We play to learn, to entertain, and to forge friendships. How can you be a good friend if you sharpen your candy canes in Candyland to a nice, sharp point for backstabbing? What does that say about you when things get serious? Nothing is fun about loosing to a cheater, either. Yeah, going around the rules might get you a rush but that's nothing compared to a good match that was well played. A well played loss teaches us so much more than a win could, especially a win that was stolen instead of earned.

A fight, however, is different. In a fight winning is what matters most of all. Even if that wasn't true, in a fight if someone demands that a fight be fair then it isn't. A fair fight is one that you have planned for and expect, even if your foe hasn't. If my foe demands a fair fight then it is a fight that I will likely lose if I acquiesce. If I hope to win a fight, I must fight my own way and by my rules rather than desperately attempting the learn the ways of another in the middle of a struggle.

Then again, I normally prefer framing a struggle so that I win in some way no matter what result comes up.