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To: r9etb
You realize that's not even remotely true. You're saying basically that "athletic" is the same as "physical," but we all know that great athletes have to be both physically gifted, and skilled at what they do.

In that case, then a surgeon is an athlete. Or a mechanic. A "skill" is something specific to the sport in question. Shooting a basketball is a skill. Throwing a javelin is much less so.

Actually, I'm saying "athletic" is more specific than "physicial". But, again, "non-athletic" is not a pejorative in my usage.

118 posted on 03/23/2004 9:27:22 AM PST by AmishDude
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To: AmishDude
Shooting a basketball is a skill. Throwing a javelin is much less so.

Which shows us that you also know nothing about throwing the javelin. Have you ever tried to throw one?

Actually, I'm saying "athletic" is more specific than "physicial". But, again, "non-athletic" is not a pejorative in my usage.

What you're saying doesn't seem to have any counterpart in reality. Perhaps you'd like to tell us what you mean by "athletic."

135 posted on 03/23/2004 10:42:01 AM PST by r9etb
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