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thenewgreen  ·  4329 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Will the Real Lance Armstrong Please Stand Up?

First off, I'm so sick of the Lance Armstrong fiasco… But I like your question and the way you framed it. This is less to do with Lance Armstrong and more to do with using drugs to enhance yourself.

Your analogy is an interesting one. I would guess that Lance Armstrong still worked harder or as hard as anyone on the tour. I would also guess that had he not taking the drugs and everyone else on the tour also had not taken the drugs he may have still won every single race he did. We will never know.

There seem to be all sorts of advantages one can employ in life, in research, and in sport whether they be biological, medicinal, or mechanical where do we draw the line? It's an interesting question. I don't know much about Lance Armstrong, but from what I can gather his organization has done some good work, I hope this doesn't suffer. Other than that, I could really care less about his trophies et cetera. It seems to me that he's made his bed.