It's a game when it gets serious and personal. Personally, I prefer seven-card stud. When you see yourself pitching in your greens and blacks, you start to understand the meaning of the word "game".
Don't you think one of the main goals of gaining power is to use to further your own ends? I agree that there are nobler goals. But realistically, personal aggrandizement is a driver. Why are you complaining?
Feste: Misprison in the highest degree. Lady, cucullus non facit monachum. That's as much to say as, I wear not motley in my brain....
