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- From: m23364@mwunix (James Meritt)
- Subject: Re: Clinton mediocre runner?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.200751.19529@linus.mitre.org>
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- References: <1992Dec21.175447.20289@cbnews.cb.att.com> <1992Dec22.134618.4405@linus.mitre.org> <102976@netnews.upenn.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:07:51 GMT
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- In article <102976@netnews.upenn.edu> sagnella@a.chem.upenn.edu (Diane E. Sagnella) writes:
- }In article <1992Dec22.134618.4405@linus.mitre.org> m23364@mwunix (James Meritt) writes:
- }>How great do you expect someone to get, who jogs to McDonalds?
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- }When you start judging someone by their speed, you take away from
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- Wait one. _I_ didn't mention speed...
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- }them the one thing that is so very special about running. With
- }running you do it for YOU. You are your primary contender. You set your
- }goals, you decide when to run fast and when to run slow.
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- His goal is clear: McDonalds!
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- }How dare anyone put someone down because they think they
- }don't run fast enough! We as runners should support other
- }runners in their endeavors not ridicule them because they
- }don't live up to our standards!
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- How dare you try to "shout down" someone because of what YOU think, and not what
- THEY do. You harp on things (speed, fast enough...,) that I never even mentioned.
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