Originally posted by blymey
I find it ironic that you're acting as though the people who are fans of the swimmers are somewhat immature, yet your own screen name is "PeirsolFan". Again, I ask, how is being a fan of a specific swimmer and creating a fansite for them different than someone being a fan of an actor/actress and creating a fansite for them? Or a football fan creating a site for a specific player? None of these sites have anything to do with the technical side of acting/football/whichever, but does that make them "lesser" fans? Doubtful...
It is a fairly sensitive issue because what's being called to question is whether or not people are "allowed" to be fans of the swimmers if they're not swimmers themselves.
Okay. Stop right there. You're out of gas. I never called anyone immature or inferred that anyone was. As for the screen name, I had to call myself something and everything is always taken. On one swimming forum, even my own name was taken. Look back at what I said, "1. Again, nothing wrong with the sites."
Perhaps in your zest to be defensive, you missed it. I said the guys would appreciate it more if the girls were actually into swimming, but a recent visit to a main forum shows the majority are not. Swim clinics, for example, are a way to give back to the fans. They do, however, involve swimming.
I just wanted to add that a technical site about swimming has nothing to do with who creates it or why. For swimmers interested in physics and drag reduction it's invaluable, and there's only one site like that. It would be nice to have more.
Originally posted by blymey
I find it ironic that you're acting as though the people who are fans of the swimmers are somewhat immature, yet your own screen name is "PeirsolFan". Again, I ask, how is being a fan of a specific swimmer and creating a fansite for them different than someone being a fan of an actor/actress and creating a fansite for them? Or a football fan creating a site for a specific player? None of these sites have anything to do with the technical side of acting/football/whichever, but does that make them "lesser" fans? Doubtful...
It is a fairly sensitive issue because what's being called to question is whether or not people are "allowed" to be fans of the swimmers if they're not swimmers themselves.
Okay. Stop right there. You're out of gas. I never called anyone immature or inferred that anyone was. As for the screen name, I had to call myself something and everything is always taken. On one swimming forum, even my own name was taken. Look back at what I said, "1. Again, nothing wrong with the sites."
Perhaps in your zest to be defensive, you missed it. I said the guys would appreciate it more if the girls were actually into swimming, but a recent visit to a main forum shows the majority are not. Swim clinics, for example, are a way to give back to the fans. They do, however, involve swimming.
I just wanted to add that a technical site about swimming has nothing to do with who creates it or why. For swimmers interested in physics and drag reduction it's invaluable, and there's only one site like that. It would be nice to have more.
