Lance Armstrong
Re: Lance Armstrong
by WizardfromOz » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:29 am
However the counter argument goes to those who refused to dope. Back in the 70's Australian and American swimmers were being slaughtered in the pool by drugged hulks from East Germany. Did we let our standards slip or did we decide to stick to our principles. And it is tough on those clean competitors, many should have been world champions but were not. The upside was these swimmers and coaches continued to push technique and ability and found ways to swim faster than any clean person before them, and in some instances even beat the cheats.
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Re: Lance Armstrong
by spacemonkey » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:32 am
Not that he is alone in using steroids or whatever by any means. My question is how much does it really add to the final performance. Imo he got those titles by natural ability and practice, practice practice practice. Taking steroids is not going to make the average joe a pro at anything.
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Re: Lance Armstrong
by WizardfromOz » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:34 am
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Re: Lance Armstrong
by Stratego » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:35 am
Sigmund Freud defined four parts of a psyche; the id, the ego, the superego and the stratego. The Stratego being the highest form of morality and scientific thinking.
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Re: Lance Armstrong
by spacemonkey » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:36 am
The hardest part of doing nothing is knowing when your done.
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Re: Lance Armstrong
by John Galt » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:40 am
Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience. -- Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: Lance Armstrong
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