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4 Replies Last post: Mar 5, 2008 7:53 AM by FormerBAM  
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Active Toby
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Jun 5, 2007

Mar 4, 2008 4:02 PM

Check out the uncomfortable moment during LA Marathon

Use your headphones for this one guys, haha:
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JerryX
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Jan 18, 2008
1. Mar 4, 2008 5:36 PM in response to: Active Toby
Re: Check out the uncomfortable moment during LA Marathon

Active Toby wrote:Use your headphones for this one guys, haha:
It was the loud silence...what a stupid thing to say.
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cplmtz0121
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Nov 1, 2007
2. Mar 5, 2008 6:40 AM in response to: JerryX
Re: Check out the uncomfortable moment during LA Marathon
Maybe it's just me, but I didn't really hear what happened....was it his comment? I just didn't see what was the big deal...
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lenzlaw
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Jan 18, 2008
3. Mar 5, 2008 7:03 AM in response to: cplmtz0121
Re: Check out the uncomfortable moment during LA Marathon

White guys can't run.


I go back and forth on some of this stuff. It wasn't a very smart thing to say but it wasn't exactly prejudicial. Not like some things said about a certain golfer.

Lenz's Law is a special case of Le Chatelier's principle: Any change in status quo prompts an opposing reaction in the responding system. I like that one better.
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FormerBAM
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Aug 21, 2007
4. Mar 5, 2008 7:53 AM in response to: lenzlaw
Re: Check out the uncomfortable moment during LA Marathon

I don't get what the problem is. It wasn't anything derogatory or racist in my opinion, just fact. The Kenyans would probably be the first to admit that. Does this mean we shouldn't believe genetics have a roll in determining athleticism to a degree? Whatever.

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