On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:22 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> (SNIP) And I want him to say all of that, >> >> then close by saying, "I'm Lance Armstrong, and I won seven Tour de >> Frances in a row, and I beat cancer, and I f*cked Sheryl Crow, and I >> only have one nut. Drugs or no drugs, one nut or two, you ain't gonna >> do what I did." > > > Well, it would be nice if he also added: "and I have been lying to the > American people for two decades, and you can never ever believe anything I > ever say again."
I'd venture to say 95% of the American people don't watch international cycling, and have no business either praising or condemning Armstrong. I don't care about baseball and don't watch baseball; that is why I don't comment on the baseball hall of fame decision, except to say that I don't need any panel of judges to tell me who is or who isn't great at something I'm a fan of, nor do a need a building to go stare at pics and memorabilia of those people to understand their greatness. If anything, Armstrong lied to cycling fans, but -- as I understand it in baseball -- one of the worst kept secrets in the sport is that doping was/is going on. In short, if you watch cycling and believed people were climbing Alps in record times without "juicing," you were the one fooling yourself. His job was to ride and to win. He did both. But as for your proposed quote, I don't believe much of what anybody says, because I've lived long enough to not trust people or take them at their word. Perhaps that is too cynical a perspective, but having it prevents me from having to express outrage when it turns out a guy who rides a bike is mortal and capable of making stupid decisions, just like the rest of us. It is a given he lied about something; everybody does. It is a given he will continue to lie about things; everybody does. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
