In article ,
 Grizzlie Antagonist  wrote:

> On 12 Mar 2005 13:28:42 -0800, "Hyerdahl"
 wrote:
>
> >
> >Grizzlie Antagonist wrote:
> >> On 12 Mar 2005 10:36:34 -0800, maceanruig{at}astound.net wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >Beauray Rippy wrote:
> >> >> Thousands Compete, Shay, Rhines Win 2005 River Run
> >> >>
> >> >> Local - WJXT News4Jax.com
> >> >>
> >> >> Jacksonville Fla - Mar  12, 2005...More than 9,000 runners, a
> >field
> >> >> that includes some of the world's finest runners and seven
> >Olympians
> >> >> -- hit the pavement this morning in the 28th annual
Gate River Run
> >> >and
> >> >> related events.
> >> >>
> >> >> Ryan Shay, 25, of East Jordan, Mich., crossed the
finish line at
> >> >> 43:27, to win the race. Although seeded 16th, he
beat last year's
> >> >> runner-up and this year's favorite, Alan Culpepper, 32, of
> >Lafayette,
> >> >> Colo., by about six seconds.
> >> >>
> >> >> "I wanted to keep pushing the pace up front,
and mile by mile,
> >start
> >> >> separating people out," Shay said. "I was
hoping it was going to
> >be
> >> >> just me and Alan and someone else at the top of the
bridge, and
> >then
> >> >> let it all go down the hill. It all paid off."
> >> >>
> >> >> Jen Rhines, of Ardmore, Penn., was the first woman across the
> >finish
> >> >> line. But despite the top women getting a
five-minute "equalizer"
> >> >head
> >> >> start, she could not hold on to beat the top men in the field.
> >> >>
> >> >> 			****
> >> >>
> >> >> With a FIVE MINUTE HEAD START a female Olympian runner can't
> >compete
> >> >> with 'average' men runners. I don't know how BADLY
she was beaten
> >but
> >> >> they didn't even post her time.  
> >> >
> >> >Sounds like you can't get a date and need to take it out on the
> >women.
> >
> >>
> >> Wow!  That's sure a profound response.  And it sounds like you can't
> >> get a date either and need to take it out on someone else.
> >>
> >> Don't even bother to argue that point.  That is just as valid an
> >> assumption about you as it is about anyone against anyone who you
> >> would argue with while using that non sequitur.
> >>
> >>
> >> >And do try to read better since the story doesn't say what you say.
> >>
> >
> >> Yes, as a matter of fact, that IS more or less what it says.
> >
> >
> >Actually, it says less.  First, it does not say whether or not the
> >female runner was on par with the top male runners or the
"average" as
> >he suggested.  Secondly, there's no reason to expect a woman to compete
> >with a man in running since men's legs are longer;  women traditionally
> >compete in their own venue and the women who win are just as fit, for
> >their venue, as are the men for theirs.
>
>
>
> Well then, Puke, why do you believe that men should be treated as
> inferior just because they can't gestate?
>
> Apply your logic about running to reproduction.  Men can't gestate,
> but they can procreate.  So men are just as sexually fit for their
> venue as women are for theirs.

And in most ways, more fit since men don't risk their
life to procreate nor do they face age restrictions.

regards,
Mark Sobolewski


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