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DOZENS OF WORLD CLASS ATHLETIC VEGANS SUPPORT ME IN EMAIL
On 10/15/2012 9:11 AM, Mr. N.A.Cho wrote:
> 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.
Exactly right.
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