People have tried to make it clear to you, Ion, that you will not be recognized by USMS or SWIM magazine unless you swim a lot faster. They have also tried to point out, in a nutshell, that your attitude comes across as sour grapes.
I am going to postulate that you would like to be recognized for overcoming whatever it is you have overcome. SWIM magazine doesn't have the space to do it. And they certainly don't have the manpower (interviewers and photographers) to cover every story there is to tell, especially in regard to overcoming adversity.
So, here it is. I wish everyone would take the chance to tell their stories. Think of it as a SWIM web page for sharing of personal histories.
I know Tom Ellison has an amazing story that I wish he would put here. I know of many other swimmers who have overcome tremendous adversity. I hope this thread will become an inspiration to us all, and that we will all realize, as I have lately, that: looking at the past can be painful, so don't (as long as you don't repeat it!), who knows what the future holds, so quit worrying about it, and be happy in the present because it's the only thing you really have control over.
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Originally posted by Conniekat8
If that was a rhetorical question, then you're kind of doing the same thing that people whom you're judging for telling Ion to shut up are doing. Just in a slightly more polished and indirect manner.
One thing I must point out, lefty, is that you are being defensive of Ions imperfections, but are being judgemental of the imperfections of his recent opposition. That seems little unfair to me. You're appealing to the 'opposition' to behave appropriately, and pointing out what is out of line, while you're making excuses for Ion. Are you trying to get people to give Ion special consideration for his personality? More than you are giving others? I'm wondering why? Do you feel Ion is inferior, and needs special consideration and protection?
Connie, I assure you I am not being judgemental of the "opposition." Rather, as a community I don't think we can move on from this mindless bickering until someone stands up and says, "I am going to be the better man (or woman) and accept the others for who they are." Because it is (unfortnuately) clear that Ion won't be that person I am hoping that others might. So reading between the lines, YES, you could say that I hold the "opposition" to a higher standard. (or in your words, that ION needs special consderation.)
This statement:
Originally posted by Conniekat8
As for Ion... At some point maybe he will remember the consequences of attacking a number of people at once to protect his ego, and learn from it.
is quite interesting. I think that some of the criticisms are meant to help steer ION in the right direction, but mostly "the consequences" of which you speak are directionless pointed middle fingers meant only to appease the temporary anger that ION draws up in all of us.
Originally posted by Conniekat8
If that was a rhetorical question, then you're kind of doing the same thing that people whom you're judging for telling Ion to shut up are doing. Just in a slightly more polished and indirect manner.
One thing I must point out, lefty, is that you are being defensive of Ions imperfections, but are being judgemental of the imperfections of his recent opposition. That seems little unfair to me. You're appealing to the 'opposition' to behave appropriately, and pointing out what is out of line, while you're making excuses for Ion. Are you trying to get people to give Ion special consideration for his personality? More than you are giving others? I'm wondering why? Do you feel Ion is inferior, and needs special consideration and protection?
Connie, I assure you I am not being judgemental of the "opposition." Rather, as a community I don't think we can move on from this mindless bickering until someone stands up and says, "I am going to be the better man (or woman) and accept the others for who they are." Because it is (unfortnuately) clear that Ion won't be that person I am hoping that others might. So reading between the lines, YES, you could say that I hold the "opposition" to a higher standard. (or in your words, that ION needs special consderation.)
This statement:
Originally posted by Conniekat8
As for Ion... At some point maybe he will remember the consequences of attacking a number of people at once to protect his ego, and learn from it.
is quite interesting. I think that some of the criticisms are meant to help steer ION in the right direction, but mostly "the consequences" of which you speak are directionless pointed middle fingers meant only to appease the temporary anger that ION draws up in all of us.
