[quote]Today's lesson, is simple. Equality of outcome is a dangerous idea. Equality of opportunity however, is perfectly reasonable and should be embraced.[/quote] I wouldn't say that you've illustrated "equality of outcome" very well, at least not in a moral sense. There's a distinction to be made. Voluntarily letting somebody win (when you could have easily defeated them) might be a virtuous thing, depending on the circumstances. It might be senseless and patronizing under other circumstances. However, you're never acting immorally under [i]any[/i] circumstances by voluntarily letting somebody else win. Using violence (or the threat of violence) to force an equality of outcome is immoral. Coercing somebody into losing so that another person may win is a whole different situation than if one competitor voluntarily threw the match to another.