Liza May wrote: > Your post was just not particularly flattering to excercisers, > gym-goers, girls who wear spandex, people who can only work-out > on weekends, people who play sports, people who get sweaty, or > athletes. To your mind, maybe. To mine, I was being honest and humorous. We'll just have to agree to disagree, it seems. :) > Sounds to me like you don't have experience with this particular > identity. If it were "closer to home," I doubt you'd be making some > of the same comments. I strongly disagree. Like I said, I exercise. I actually sweat sometimes! And -- horror of horrors -- I have even been seen in lycra! :o I think that it's unfortunate when people tie their identity so tightly to a group, whether it be "athletes", "gays", "Italians", "doctors", "intellectuals", or whatever, that they feel the need to bend their opinions to fit. I have said things which I thought were geeky, sure. Does that mean that I must now maintain some sort of bond with this geek identity, that I must be anti-jock? Of course not. I just calls 'em as I sees 'em. I don't pick my label, then act accordingly. Carol