tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35127774.post8658574580062576428..comments2023-06-29T02:37:27.626-07:00Comments on Once More Unto the Breach!: Fair and BalancedScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08382394444040541428noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35127774.post-71024458000893843772008-07-18T15:07:00.000-07:002008-07-18T15:07:00.000-07:00My next post coming this weekend covers this very ...My next post coming this weekend covers this very topic. I agree with our society's current ethical and moral standards it's not difficult to argue we're unfairly holding our athletes to a higher standard than we do ourselves. Even so I come down hard on doping infractions. I'm one of those "string the bastard up" folk. Perhaps because I look at it as if I was one of the competitors who've been wronged - a viewpoint which doesn't give the concept of 'cheating' the public much thought at all. I don't give a crap about them and their righteous indignation at being robbed of an idol to worship. It's the damage the doper is doing to his or her 'clean' competitors I believe ethically indefensible. But no question at all this is a very complex subject.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08382394444040541428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35127774.post-81363807816274954282008-07-18T12:14:00.000-07:002008-07-18T12:14:00.000-07:00Scott,Here's a link to a piece in "Ode Magazine" i...Scott,<BR/><BR/>Here's a link to a piece in "Ode Magazine" in which the writer talks about how PED use in athletics reflects drug use in society:<BR/><BR/>http://www.odemagazine.com/exchange/2772/what_using_drugs_in_sport_says_about_society<BR/><BR/>I, frankly, agree with the sentiments expressed. I wonder what your thoughts are?Mike Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06374753956299005780noreply@blogger.com