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- From: rush@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu (Brian Rush )
- Subject: Has that PC garbage infiltrated the running world? (Was: Re: Clinton mediocre runner?)
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- References: <1992Dec21.175447.20289@cbnews.cb.att.com> <102976@netnews.upenn.edu> <867@jgaltstl.UUCP>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 08:31:10 PST
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- In article <867@jgaltstl.UUCP> terry@jgaltstl.UUCP (terry linhardt) writes:
- >In article <102976@netnews.upenn.edu>, sagnella@a.chem.upenn.edu (Diane E. Sagnella) writes:
- >+
- >+
- >+ Give the guy a break! ANYONE that exercises, that goes out and
- >+ 'just does it' is okay by me! Clinton never professed to be
- >+ a spectacular runner, why must you label him?
- >+
- >+ When you start judging someone by their speed, you take away from
- >+ 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.
- >+
- >+ 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!
- >
- >Since when is calling Clinton a mediocre runner a put-down? It's a
- >fair observation, based upon his reported times. Do you want us to
- >say that he is 'non-elite'? Is that more politically correct?
- If you really want to please the liberal running community you might
- want to consider the following terms to describe our new
- president-elect:
- speed disadvantaged
- spatially challenged
- differently abled
- a person of mass
- gravitationaly challenged
- That way, no one can accuse you of being a weightist of a speedist.
-