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themanintheseersuckersuit
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by themanintheseersuckersuit » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:32 pm
Definitely not Tonya Harding
At 11 years 75 days old (33 days younger than her fellow Briton Megan Taylor) she was the youngest competitor in the Olympics' history, and she finished eighth, one place below Megan Taylor.
Cecilia Colledge's rivalry with Megan Taylor was intense (when Cecilia beat Megan into second place for the British title in 1938, the runner-up congratulated her conqueror then promptly burst into tears), and Cecilia's mother arranged for the two girls to meet for a tea-party to talk away their differences.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... db1703.xmlSuitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
