Just because others are doing something, doesn't make it right.
I think there is a world of difference. Murray is obviously trying his bollix off. He is using tournaments to achieve full fitness. That is very different from not performing well wilfully to get a lower handicap mark in order to win future races more easily.
Again, there is a world of difference between these two scenarios. One is cheating, the other isn't. If a horse or player needs match practice, that is the way it is.
This is true, but why does racing have such a bad reputation? Maybe because of Curley and his ilk?
Two wrongs don't make a right.
OK, I don't know what to make of this point.
I agree that racing lore includes these great gambles, but maybe this is why the sport is marginalised. Do they really do more good than harm? I am not so sure.
And akin to admiring someone for fiddling their expenses
You present yourself as a self-made business person.
I've yet to meet the self-made business person who has not at some point screwed someone on the way up or had their business expenditure at least tweaked favourably or their tax return completed to [at best] avoid tax.
If you are a paragon of virtue then it's a perfectly fair and admirable comment and I doff my cap to you.
If not, you are a hypocrite.
Of course, there are exceptions like clive
In my days as a tax inspector well over 90% of a/cs submitted by the self-employed and critically examined were found to contain "mistakes", intentional or otherwise, which reduced the profits of the taxpayer. Unfortunately, at that time and it`s probably worse now, HMRC were only given the resources to critically examine less than 5% of all a/cs. Dessie`s view of self-made businessmen is widely shared by those who actually examine their accounts. Of course, there are exceptions like clive
But the reality is that racing is seen as bent, and cycling is seen as doped, and the authorities need to go beyond the normal realms of administration to ensure the image of both sports is cleaned up.
I think the public see through most sports for what they are but some get away with a better image than perhaps they deserve.
Football, cricket and F1 have all been damaged recently in one way or another.
Nearly everyone suspects mass doping in athletics and there are plenty of athletes not off an inch in Diamond Meet competitions.
That is completely irrelevant. Absolute rubbish point. And you have no right to make a judgement on how I file tax or run my business. None whatsofuckingever
Bullshit. Don't give us that.
I work with any number of tax accountants and there is no way they could operate if 90% of claims they submitted were wrong. And most self employed or small businesses use these people (not me I should say)
Also most cannot be arsed with the sheer bother of saving a few quid and the risk of fines and subsequent continual inspections
About to chat to a tax guy this afternoon as it happens
I never once mentioned all businessmen. For a successful self-made businessman, your reading skills fall well short of GCSE level. You're probably self-employed because you'd otherwise be unemployable.It was in response to your sweeping statement about ALL businessmen. You have just been watching too much tv
Ah yes, the public sector. The lazy target so beloved of chinless wonders.I gather you and dan are (or were) in the public sector.
I can show initiative. Just gimme the go-ahead...Do you both write these posts all by yourself or do you wait for someone to tell you to do so?
Being retired, I can pretty much post as and when I can be arsed.And do you post after 3.30 in the afternoon?
I trust your chat is before 3-30, Clive.