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Old 10-23-2002, 04:04 AM   #22
DaveO
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Re: Re: Aikido featured on the learning channel

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Don J. Modesto (Don_Modesto) wrote:
I've got to agree with the posts slamming the channel; what sloppy research and sensational presentation.

Yuck.
LOL! This isn't Aikido-related, but I wanted to put it into my last post; unfortunately, it was getting too long.

My favourite example of TLC's research abilities came in an extreme sports show; where it covered a 200-plus-jumper skydiving formation. During the show, the announcer actually said: "Skydivers don't need to breathe - they are moving so fast through the air, oxygen is forced directly into their bodies!!!! I kid you not, he really said that.

The real scary part is; a couple of my friends saw the same show and actually believed that until I set them right.

Answers are only easy when they're incomplete.
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