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Re: Clinton mediocre runner?

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From: James Meritt
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 14:59
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In article <103563@netnews.upenn.edu> sagnella@a.chem.upenn.edu (Diane E. Sagnella) writes:
}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.

Perhaps you don't understand.  When a sentence starts off with "how" and ends
with a "?", it is called a "question".  When you go from my question to
your evaluation of "speed", that is called "streaching it".

}>}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.

Rah rah rah.  I am amused by your belief that "How...?" is "voicing an opinion".
I suspect political, rather than grammatical or athletic, positions are
more relevant to your statements.
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