I am interested in winning the widgets I want by whatever means is allowed (and some that aren't if the truth will be told). There is no-one "up there" handing out fairness so I am really not interested in sad people who whinge about sniping, manipulating the rules, etc. The rules are there to be manipulated and the people who succeed in this world (whether in business or almost any other milieu) are those who are creative and entrepreneurial about using the rules to their own advantage (and per se to others' disadvantage). People who criticise are usually just not smart enough to have thought up the successful tactics in the first place.