Ridiculousness at the Olympics

[mikech]

Your example is a poor one. NFL rules allow for a referee to throw his wig to indicate a foul--that's in the rules!--if NFL rules didn't allow for that, then the penalty would not stand. I've got a better analogy for you: a man commits murder, but during his arrest he is not read his Miranda rights. A "foul" was committed, but a rule governing the procedures required to enforce that foul was broken, so the man goes free.

[Cyrus]

"I've got a better analogy for you: a man commits murder, but during his arrest he is not read his Miranda rights. A "foul" was committed, but a rule governing the procedures required to enforce that foul was broken, so the man goes free."

Let's accept your example as more pertinent.

Please explain to me, then, the reason for applauding that "murderer"! Or, in our more prosaic instance, please explain the celebratory posts for a swimmer who has possibly violated the rules in order to win but "was not read his Miranda rights"!