Smoove wrote:
I try to be fairly objective on these boards, and sometimes I succeed. I honestly think you're overreacting here. The kid's pride was hurt by a comment he read and he reacted, but he wasn't rude or insulting; just not gracious.
As to your insults regarding the athletic ability of my home country, I'd suggest that our national athletic pride isn't tied into dostance running, a sport in which your home country is clearly superior. Of course, your position on that goes beyond not gracious - obviously you were reacting to a sllight. The irony is rich.
By "the kid", I take it you mean Robertson? Where I'm from, when you "race" 13-year-olds, you let them win. Who takes offence at a post patting a 13-year-old kid on the back for winning a fun run against 17-18yr olds by throwing down the gauntlet for a rematch at sea-level, issuing a barrage of excuses as to why the juniors have lost, and using himself (an Olympian) as an example of someone who used to struggle at altitude, "but look at me now" without the slightest hint of irony?
If this isn't a sign of pent-up anger and mental illness, then I don't know what is.