Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think they should legalise performance enhancing drugs, and make it a level playing field. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 12:49 AM, Didier Ludwig <leica@screengang.com>wrote: > A quite emotional post, Adam. > > No one has evidences against Phelps, otherwise he would have been chased > through Bejing like a rabid dog, for shure ;-) > > After all the doping scandals of the past years, it's quite understandable > that such top performances like Phelp's leave a smell of doubts. This > perception has nothing to with "cynical unwashed masses", but more with > common sense. Based, for instance, on news stories about US top swimmer > Jessica Hardy, who had to withdrew from the games, just a few days before > the beginning, after failing a drug test; or about US top swimmer athlete > Gary Hall, who believes that the flood of new world records is not only > dued to honest methods. He is more insider than you, but the answers given > by other athletes and functionaries were the same like yours: "Bring > evidence or shut up". > > Your attitude is quite typical for sport association functionaries. They > also said the same things about Carl Lewis, Marion Jones, Justin Gatlin, > Ben > Johnson and many others, before these were caught. Believing in the honesty > of the olympic sports spirit is either starry-eyed or against one's better > knowledge, these days. > > Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy the races of "your" athletes :-) > Cheers, > > Didier > > > > > > > >Horse crap, Steve. > > > >The issues about testing are most severe with regard to false > >positives -- kicking out athletes who never used drugs. > > > >SOMEONE has to speak in favor of the athletes and I'm making it me. > >They train damn hard and I'm not letting the cynical unwashed masses > >corrupt their effort. > > > >If you have good evidence that Phelps or any other swimmer is using > >performance enhancing drugs then step forward and demonstrate it. > > > >My essay and response was the broad painting of all athetes and all > >programs as dopers when sport is doing a great deal both during the > >Olympics and especially outside it, to make sure the playing field is > >level. > > > >Or, I suppose, we can just say inject your heart out and chance take > >the consequences. That'll be the day I never follow another sporting > >event again. > > > >Yours in disgust, > > > >Adam > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >