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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Not me though. I'd never claim that.
(, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 9:15, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)
find a tofu-wearing hand-wringer and ask them whether they think that being of Afro or Afro-caribbean origin coveys a genetic advantage upon sprinters. Places them in a terrible ethical dilemma and then they tend to explode in a shower of artisan bio yoghurt and spelt.
(, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 9:26, Reply)
Michael Johnson was on it, tracing his ancestry etc.
Gist was that packing hundreds of slaves into a boat, losing 90% of them on the way, meant that only the very toughest survived and bred, producing later some great athletes.
Was a rather unsettling watch.
(, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 9:33, Reply)
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