Fairness

Fairness is a word often used but seldom defined. Usually, when someone says "that's not fair" they could mean two different things.

They could mean that the rules set the advantage to someone else so that even if the competitors were evenly matched, one would be more likely to lose and one would be more likely to win.

Or, they could mean that there was an unequal outcome, that somehow the rules should have been set up so that no one could win or lose.

To keep this short, expecting fairness in line with the first one is fine. Expecting fairness in line with the second one is not.

Here is a case where where the concept of "that's not fair" has been abused:

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/opinion/editorials/article/ED-VMIS13_20090812-180402/285566/

Jackson must be rolling in his grave.

Aloha.