On Oct 15, 12:07*pm, George Plimpton > wrote:
> On 10/14/2012 1:45 AM, Rupert wrote:
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> > On Oct 14, 1:51 am, George Plimpton > wrote:
> >> On 10/13/2012 9:48 AM, Rupert wrote:
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> >>> On Oct 13, 5:47 pm, George Plimpton > wrote:
> >>>> On 10/12/2012 9:49 AM, Rupert wrote:
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> >>>>> On Oct 12, 6:10 pm, George Plimpton > wrote:
> >>>>>> On 10/12/2012 7:48 AM, Rupert wrote:
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> >>>>>>> On Oct 12, 4:17 pm, "The Undead Edward M. Kennedy" > wrote:
> >>>>>>>> None of them, unfortunately, will actually admit to their existence on
> >>>>>>>> the usenet.
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> >>>>>>>> --Tedward
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> >>>>>>> It would be very easy for you to verify the existence of many world-
> >>>>>>> class vegan athletes if you wished to. Google is your friend.
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> >>>>>> Ha ha ha ha ha! *It would be very easy for *you* simply to list the
> >>>>>> names of 50-100 of them, if there really were "quite a few" such who are
> >>>>>> *currently* "world-class" athletes who are also "vegan". *I *did*
> >>>>>> attempt to Google such a list, and as I already posted, a) most of them
> >>>>>> are not "vegan" but rather some degree of vegetarian, and b) most of
> >>>>>> them weren't even vegetarian during their years as active "world-class"
> >>>>>> athletes.
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> >>>>>> Your claim is bullshit.
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> >>>>>http://kaleuniversity.org/3888-famou...n-bodybuilders
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> >>>>> "Dave Scott (six-time winner
> >>>>> of Hawaii's Ironman Triathlon), Sixto Linares (world record
> >>>>> holder for the 24-hour triathlon),
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> >>>> These lists are just stupid. *Why are "vegans" so ****ing insecure they
> >>>> feel they need to put them together?
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> >>> The point of the list is to demonstrate that it is perfectly possible
> >>> to get peak nutrition on a vegan diet.
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> >> No, that's *not* the point of the list, and you ****ing well know it.
> >> The point of the list is to try to attach some of the prestige of
> >> "world-class" athletes to "veganism".
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> > What an interesting opinion you have there.
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> It's a statement of fact. *That's what *all* those lists are. *"vegans"
> are very acutely aware of their lunatic-fringe status, and these lists
> are a desperate, plaintive effort to try to attach prestige to their
> position. *It's a form of appeal to authority - a logical fallacy.
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> >>>> * *Any why is the list of *real*
> >>>> "world-class" athletes who are "vegan" so short, while the list of
> >>>> ****ing ****witted showbiz celebrity "vegans" so long?
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> >>>> Here's the basic truth - a truth with real meat in it: *"vegans" very
> >>>> rarely are people of substance.
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> >>> You have no particular rational grounds for saying that.
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> >> I have every rational grounds for saying it. *It's a fact.
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> > What, precisely, would those rational grounds be?
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> My observation that publicly visible "vegans" usually are people who
> have done nothing of substance. *Also, my observation that these lists
> of "famous 'vegans'" *ALWAYS* are disproportionately populated by
> obviously flaky people in show business and pop culture, while there is
> a huge and glaring lack of engineers, scientists and, especially,
> prominent medical doctors.
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> "veganism" simply is not a serious proposition. *It's style, not substance.- Hide quoted text -
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yes, veganism is a style accesorry to most people, like a nose
piercing or dying hair pink, or wearing a certain brand of clothing.