On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 17:47:12 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 16:30:29 -0600, graham wrote:
>
>> On 2018-07-04 4:02 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 7/4/2018 5:59 PM, graham wrote:
>>>> On 2018-07-04 12:44 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>> https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mor...id=mailsignout
>>>>>
>>>> DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>> Believe me when I say this is not representative of the United States.
>>> It's a weird group of people who think competitive eating for money
>>> makes some sort of sense.
>>>
>>> Jill
>> This sort of competition happens everywhere in the western world it
>> seems. I saw a lobster eating one once. Equally disgusting.
>
>Every time this comes up the sissy whiners are out in force.
>Chestnut makes about $250K a year.

The North American approach: lots of money means it's ok.