Name a year, state your opinion(s) as to why. Then, after you do that, which will obviously be around the time you were relevant in swimming, please tell me why innovations that assisted you should be allowed, but not subsequent innovations.
In other words, please explain why you should be allowed to benefit from advances in your era but not today's swimmers.
Well, I'm afraid I'm condescending, too, on this matter. My feelings are EXACTLY the same as The Geek's. It comes across loud and clear when you read the responses posted on different threads on this Forum since NO ONE has suggested going back to early 20th century swimwear.
Kirk has even developed a perfect personal rationale why we shouldn't: Because the early suits only got in the way of the swimmer and newer briefs were just getting out of the way of the swimmer. Never mind that, as is obvious to the casual viewer, The Duke's swimwear looks pretty much like a kneeskin in design. Anna Lea pointed that out. So, does that mean that the kneeskin is getting back in the way of the swimmer? Apparently. So, it must actually be a disadvantage rather than an advantage since the swimmer must go through such terrible mental agony to wear it.
It looks like future shock to me, folks. It's also interesting, to pick up on something Leslie alluded to, that women haven't yet complained once on this forum (that I've read) about the technical suits. Some prefer one and some prefer others but most seem to be in favor of the new suits.
So, here is my conundrum: Men do most of the developmental work on the new suits but seem to have the biggest problem accepting the change when it occurs. This should be reason enough to shun additional doses of testosterone, even if it weren't frowned upon by some organizations.
Name a year, state your opinion(s) as to why. Then, after you do that, which will obviously be around the time you were relevant in swimming, please tell me why innovations that assisted you should be allowed, but not subsequent innovations.
In other words, please explain why you should be allowed to benefit from advances in your era but not today's swimmers.
Well, I'm afraid I'm condescending, too, on this matter. My feelings are EXACTLY the same as The Geek's. It comes across loud and clear when you read the responses posted on different threads on this Forum since NO ONE has suggested going back to early 20th century swimwear.
Kirk has even developed a perfect personal rationale why we shouldn't: Because the early suits only got in the way of the swimmer and newer briefs were just getting out of the way of the swimmer. Never mind that, as is obvious to the casual viewer, The Duke's swimwear looks pretty much like a kneeskin in design. Anna Lea pointed that out. So, does that mean that the kneeskin is getting back in the way of the swimmer? Apparently. So, it must actually be a disadvantage rather than an advantage since the swimmer must go through such terrible mental agony to wear it.
It looks like future shock to me, folks. It's also interesting, to pick up on something Leslie alluded to, that women haven't yet complained once on this forum (that I've read) about the technical suits. Some prefer one and some prefer others but most seem to be in favor of the new suits.
So, here is my conundrum: Men do most of the developmental work on the new suits but seem to have the biggest problem accepting the change when it occurs. This should be reason enough to shun additional doses of testosterone, even if it weren't frowned upon by some organizations.
