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Umm, no "period". By your argument a mob boss would be not guilty of committing crimes, because he only paid the cheques, and it was the underlings choice to commit the crimes. It won't fly. Encouraging others is the same as taking it yourself. (And punished accordingly by the UCI.)

This argument falls apart on the leading words: IF ... However, IF wishes were horses, beggars would ride. Believing in Livestrong and the yellow bands does not help patients, however much they might want it to be true. A combination of their bodies and treatment will do the actual work...

We were discussing masturbation in a thread about Lance worship. I see no drift off topic there!

I wanted the yellow ones that were selling with "Cheat to Win" on them. But I never found one :mad:

I know that. I was merely stating a fact. I never meant to suggest you thought otherwise. It's not a joke at all - you just haven't thought through the consequences of saying it is not illegal. If I was training a cyclist to win a Grand Tour, I would use the placebo effect, just as I...

Many substances on the doping list are ineffective. They are there because they might be effective. Likewise many effective substances are not on the list. Although obviously any known to be highly effective. are put on it Much of the effect of doping is mental. That is, if you gave the...

Almost every professional sport has exploded with money over the last couple of decades. Football is now not just a big money sport, but a BIG money sport. Rugby now deals with money unimaginable a short while ago. Cricket has the IPL, which is transforming in a money sense. Basketball...

You are a very sad person. No doubt for your next "joke" you'll do something tasteful like have a crack at how Yids are money-grasping.

i don't care what his first language is it will have full stops and capitals he should use them then small spelling and grammar issues are not a problem. English is my first language, but without punctuation nothing is easy to read.

I dislike Lance more than anything because he wouldn't ride the Giro and Vuelta to win. He loved being on the top podium of the Tour de France. Nothing else came even remotely close. For years and years be basically entered only one competitive event each year. For the "best cyclist evah" his...

Why not Stephen Swart and Frankie Andreu? http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/12/sports/othersports/12cycling.html?pagewanted=print It astounds me that people can believe Lance has always been clean when Swart and Andreu have stated clearly that he took EPO. (Armstrong sued in Britain...

Cry me a river! I could write an equally heart-felt lament about how modern rugby union goes on for 45 weeks of the year, facing collisions that would break most people every weekend. And they have it soft compared to the rugby league players, who choose an even more body crunching sport...

The problem with the way doping is treated is that it is treated as a sports issue. Bans from the sport are not enough deterrent, and only hit half the target. The dopers are taking prizes from other people. They are defrauding them, and they should be charged with fraud. Floyd Landis...

How many innocent people get hurt if Barredo or Costa manage to land even one decent blow? Their swinging of handbags was trivial in terms of possible damage, except perhaps to their reputations. How many innocent people get hurt if Farrar doesn't read Renshaw's swerve and ends up on the...

Not cattle farming as done in Argentina, Australia or New Zealand. The cows roam around outside, with tons of room and a great diet, mostly grass. In those countries soy farming would be a pillaging of the environment if it replaced cattle farming. Now cattle farming as often practiced in...