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		Goladus on Aug 21, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: There's No Rulebook for Sex Verification When the point of a contest is to discover the best at some particular skill, fairness is an essential component of the rules. While individuals may try to subvert the system for their own advancement, the spirit of competition is to win and win fairly. Winning because a challenger gets disqualified for silly reasons is less desirable than winning, as the saying goes, "fair and square."

pwmanagerdied on Aug 22, 2009 [–]

If they're not verifiably either, it wouldn't be "fair" to have them compete against either group, would it?

Goladus on Aug 22, 2009 | [–]

The chance that not being "verifiably" part of either group results in a competitive advantage over both groups is essentially zero.

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