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Subject: Re: There Will be No WMCC 2000

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 20:19:07 04/28/00

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On April 28, 2000 at 19:52:53, Michael Cummings wrote:

>On April 28, 2000 at 12:24:51, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>
>>On April 28, 2000 at 07:11:42, Michael Cummings wrote:
>>
>>>When you hold a world championship in anything, your main goal should be to
>>>first try and get the best in world for the given championship. If I was running
>>
>>I don't think that's clear. I looked up the word "champion" last night and all
>>it said was [basically] "a person who wins a competition." Nothing about being
>>the best.
>
>But this is a World Championship. And Championship means a gathering of the best
>in their field to compete to see who is the best. Yes the Champion is the person
>who win a contest, but thats not the word you should be looking for.
>Championship.

I found this definition for championship from Merriam-Webster's web site:

3 : a contest held to determine a champion

and then for champion:

4 : a winner of first prize or first place in competition; also : one who shows
marked superiority <a champion at selling>

Hmmm. I guess these definitions (when considered together) are pretty stupid, if
you can find some better ones, go for it.

-Tom



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