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DOZENS OF WORLD CLASS ATHLETIC VEGANS SUPPORT ME IN EMAIL
On 10/15/2012 9:46 AM, Rupert wrote:
> On Oct 15, 6:44 pm, George Plimpton > wrote:
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>>> On Oct 15, 6:40 pm, George Plimpton > wrote:
>>>> On 10/15/2012 9:15 AM, Rupert wrote:
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>>>>> On Oct 15, 6:11 pm, "Mr. N.A.Cho" > wrote:
>>>>>> On Oct 15, 12:07 pm, George Plimpton > wrote:
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>>>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> That's an absurd statement.
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>>>> It isn't. It's exactly right.
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>>> It's an absurd statement grounded in ignorance.
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>> No, it isn't. It's an insightful statement grounded in logic and
>> observation.
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> That's very amusing.
Not really; your reply was very pointless.
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