Here's a logical comeback. 1. It's about speed, but it's also about speed in different disciplines. Throwing something is about throwing something as far as you can, but there's different disciplines - discus, javelin, shot-put and hammer. They are different events.
2. Different individuals are good at different strokes. Not everyone excels at freestyle and those who do would dominate the races, putting everyone out of a career. And children like to experiement to find what they're most good at - if they're told they can only swim freestyle, then they'll just say "fuck swimming". The amount of athletes would halve.
3. It would be very boring to watch. I hate watching freestyle. It bores me. The variety brings ratings.
You're talking out of your ass, and even though you profess the "logical argument", there's no less logic in mine than there is yours. In fact, here's an argument:
4. Without the other strokes swimming would be dead. Less athletes, less interest, less ratings, less money.
And that's all that matters chap - swimming needs these strokes, even though all you care about is what stroke is faster. Just because you can only swim freestyle, doesn't mean atheletes who specialise in other disciplines shouldn't get to compete. Remember this. If Swimming followed your rules, there would be no swimming. End of.
