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[noseall]

I can see why Nossal has turned thus into a race hate thing again.

You seem to have confused me with racial stereotyping aveatry...

I know some African countries it is not a custom to learn to swim but that does not explain this.

Unbelievable thing to say about the British girls that died.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Culture is a factor. There were some Indian-background families on a beach a few years ago playing cricket I think. The tide came in and a load of them drowned.

Some just don't learn to swim. Some native white brits don't too, but they're an exception.

It's valid to discuss it.

 

[motorbiking]

When I was in Mumbai, there were thousands on the beach, nobody bathing or swimming and zero leisure vessels on the water. Seemed to be just a place to picnic and throw rubbish

 

[transam]

One never ? Or never used to ? See black swim ers in the olympics etc ????

Running / distance running / sprinting they have a monopoly ir seem to have ??

 

[pete01]

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[IT Minion]

One never ? Or never used to ? See black swim ers in the olympics etc ????

Running / distance running / sprinting they have a monopoly ir seem to have ??

Short version: swimming is more expensive than running. Plus a history of racism.

 

[Elsa TLC]

Short version: swimming is more expensive than running. Plus a history of racism.

Again not a thread for that

 

[IT Minion]

Again not a thread for that

You don't own the thread, so jog on.

 

[pete01]

You don't own the thread, so jog on.

Who owns the thread?

 

[IT Minion]

Who owns the thread?

Give it another half hour and Trump will probably start planning to invade it.

 

[Elsa TLC]

You don't own the thread, so jog on.

Sorry!

 

[transam]

Short version: swimming is more expensive than running. Plus a history of racism.

Nonsense

 

[pete01]

Short version: swimming is more expensive than running. Plus a history of racism.

Did you not have a free pass?

 

[morqthana]

He has a ding at me. I'll have a ding at him.

So he had a ding at you, and you thought that justified you calling him an antagonistic nutter and a complete pick without forgetting the R.

OK.

So do you think you were justified in calling me "filth" because I said that the reason you can't imagine him having any friends is because your standards of what's right and what's wrong, what's good and what's bad, are not the same of those of most people?

 

[IT Minion]

Did you not have a free pass?

No, I don't think my area did free swimming when I was a child. We had lessons but they were a token effort at best. I learnt to swim well because my parents taught me and they were also excellent swimmers. Which is where the history of racism starts to show an effect. If your parents don't swim you probably won't swim.

To swim competitively you will be in the pool most days of the week and you need lessons to learn to swim and coaching to swim well. It's not the worst sport but it isn't as cheap as Football or Athletics.