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- From: sagnella@a.chem.upenn.edu (Diane E. Sagnella)
- Newsgroups: rec.running
- Subject: Re: Clinton mediocre runner?
- Message-ID: <103563@netnews.upenn.edu>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 17:40:58 GMT
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- References: <1992Dec22.134618.4405@linus.mitre.org> <102976@netnews.upenn.edu> <1992Dec22.200751.19529@linus.mitre.org>
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- In article <1992Dec22.200751.19529@linus.mitre.org> m23364@mwunix (James Meritt) writes:
- >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?
- >}
- >}When you start judging someone by their speed, you take away from
- >
- >Wait one. _I_ didn't mention speed...
-
- When you comment on how 'great' someone is, you are considering their speed.
- One does not have to mention something explicitly to be talking about it.
-
- >
- >}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.
- >
- >His goal is clear: McDonalds!
-
- for something to drink...
-
- >
- >}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!
- >
- >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.
-
- Hey you gave your opinion, why is it such a big deal that I gave mine
- in rebuttal? Because I was adamant? I was not yelling at your voicing
- your opinion but in what you said (and others like you).
- It appears, however, that you feel that one can voice their ideas,
- but only if it's done quietly. That's ridiculous.
-
- My response was not soley to you but for all to read. I was angered not because
- people consider him `mediocre', but by the maliciousness of the tones that
- were used. For example...
-
- Mediocre, itself while meaning average, has a worse connotation than simply
- average.
-
- I have no objection to one giving his opinion but I think it's
-