The clip above shows (amongst others) the now-famous 2014 FIFA World Cup biting-incident featuring Luis Suárez. One might ask, and indeed some have, what are the ethical and philosophical implications of such an act? Bearing in mind that : “A prohibition against biting an opponent is not included in the rules of most contact sports, […]
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Cop-cop double-danger
Twin dangers — (1) the danger of biting sarcasm, followed by (2) the danger of sarcastic biting — are evident in a police incident reported in the May 27, 2009 Hartford Courant: Banter among co-workers at the Connecticut Police Academy went too far when an adjunct instructor took another’s remark to “bite me” too literally, […]