Fina Rules

Sometimes I lurk in www.usms.org to see what I left behind, and I found this: Originally posted by Peter Cruise Ande- it is an unfair reference by me to a past poster of emails who focused on late-blooming & VO2 max to the exclusion of all else. For awhile there was little talk of anything that did not get turned upside down to reflect that focus= postings exchanged that eclipsed civility then warnings from admin. then penalty box then it was all over. You're doing a great job with your tips, but believe me, if this was a year or so ago, you wouldn't have been able to stay on topic. It is wrong on many accounts. My post here -a digression from the topic of this thread- is about right and wrong. .) gossip = wrong; .) "...to the exclusion of all else..." = wrong; there were informed posts that I wrote on many subjects; .) "...then warnings from admin..." = wrong, there were no warnings to two temporary suspensions that I got, one in September 2003 for two weeks, one in April 2004 for one month; .) "...then penalty box then it was all over..." = wrong, I left www.usms.org on my own, disagreeing with my temporary suspensions as I deemed them to be a censorship of my voice, while at the same time people were allowed to post personal attacks; I can post in www.usms.org; I prefer to post at www.usswim.org though; I always posted at www.usms.org under my name, Ion Beza, so any post at www.usms.org that resembles my style but is not signed by my name is not by me; at www.usswim.org I post once again only under my name; .) regarding "...it is an unfair reference by me to a past poster of emails who focused on late-blooming & VO2 max...", when you don't appreciate character and excellence in my late blooming undertake of swimming, when you don't appreciate my education for improvement (and here the VO2 Max Shampoo was a joke in bad taste by Tom Ellison, that you and many posters there reprised like parrots), then nobody forces you now or forced you before to participate in my posts. This quote: "It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the door of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat." applies: I am "...the man who is actually in the arena...", the late bloomer who raised to unprecedented training for me (the most ever in my life, now in 2005, a 31,430 yards per week over 34 weeks of season so far, intensity and technique, cross training also), and competitions (5 in 2004, 6 in 2003, 6 USMS Short Course Nationals in the past 9 years, 5 Long Course Nationals in the past 9 years). I think that you are the other side described in this quote.

Sometimes I lurk in www.usms.org to see what I left behind, and I found this: Originally posted by Peter Cruise Ande- it is an unfair reference by me to a past poster of emails who focused on late-blooming & VO2 max to the exclusion of all else. For awhile there was little talk of anything that did not get turned upside down to reflect that focus= postings exchanged that eclipsed civility then warnings from admin. then penalty box then it was all over. You're doing a great job with your tips, but believe me, if this was a year or so ago, you wouldn't have been able to stay on topic. It is wrong on many accounts. My post here -a digression from the topic of this thread- is about right and wrong. .) gossip = wrong; .) "...to the exclusion of all else..." = wrong; there were informed posts that I wrote on many subjects; .) "...then warnings from admin..." = wrong, there were no warnings to two temporary suspensions that I got, one in September 2003 for two weeks, one in April 2004 for one month; .) "...then penalty box then it was all over..." = wrong, I left www.usms.org on my own, disagreeing with my temporary suspensions as I deemed them to be a censorship of my voice, while at the same time people were allowed to post personal attacks; I can post in www.usms.org; I prefer to post at www.usswim.org though; I always posted at www.usms.org under my name, Ion Beza, so any post at www.usms.org that resembles my style but is not signed by my name is not by me; at www.usswim.org I post once again only under my name; .) regarding "...it is an unfair reference by me to a past poster of emails who focused on late-blooming & VO2 max...", when you don't appreciate character and excellence in my late blooming undertake of swimming, when you don't appreciate my education for improvement (and here the VO2 Max Shampoo was a joke in bad taste by Tom Ellison, that you and many posters there reprised like parrots), then nobody forces you now or forced you before to participate in my posts. This quote: "It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the door of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat." applies: I am "...the man who is actually in the arena...", the late bloomer who raised to unprecedented training for me (the most ever in my life, now in 2005, a 31,430 yards per week over 34 weeks of season so far, intensity and technique, cross training also), and competitions (5 in 2004, 6 in 2003, 6 USMS Short Course Nationals in the past 9 years, 5 Long Course Nationals in the past 9 years). I think that you are the other side described in this quote.