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DOZENS OF WORLD CLASS ATHLETIC VEGANS SUPPORT ME IN EMAIL
On 10/15/2012 11:46 AM, Rupert wrote:
> On Oct 15, 8:23 pm, George Plimpton > wrote:
>> On 10/15/2012 9:46 AM, Rupert wrote:
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>>> On Oct 15, 6:44 pm, George Plimpton > wrote:
>>>> On 10/15/2012 9:42 AM, Rupert 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
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>>> That's very amusing.
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>> Not really; your reply was very pointless.
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> Well, it was definitely amusing to me,
Because you're off your meds again.
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