Intelligence Squared - All is not fair in sport and war (or 'There should be a replay')

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All is not fair in sport and war (or 'There should be a replay')

Thierry Henry's decisive handball in France's World Cup qualifying play-off against Ireland has become football's most controversial piece of cheating since Diego Maradona's "Hand of God". The aggrieved Irish have demanded a rematch; there are renewed demands for football to introduce video replays, and the nostalgics are again lamenting the death of fair play in sport. But how much should society judge one of its icons for acting instinctively, in a desperately important match?

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