Recent content by LeLanternRouge

Cringeworthy. I feel genuine pity for him. Tears welled up in my eyes...

I still don't get what your point is. Floyd had a chance to defend himself and didn't. Armstrong had a chance to defend himself and didn't. Floyd has never denied saying what he said. Armstrong has vehemently denied doping. If you're equating failing to fight a court case with lying, you're...

Actually, what is YOUR point? The court said Floyd said those things...and Floyd has not disputed it. Is that not materially different from Armstrong "denying" that he doped by not contesting the charges against him?

I don't think I've read any official statement from Landis that he denied making the statements alleged against him.

We probably both come from common law jurisdictions, but not the same ones, as I am unfamiliar with sections you're quoting. But they are indeed essentially the same principles. A tangential point is that there are so many exceptions to the hearsay rule that the effect of a statement being...

Noted. It wasn't an attack against you, to be clear. I was merely pointing out that even if one accepts the inanity of declaring it hearsay as Armstrong supporters continue to do, it still doesn't render it inadmissible.

Even if it were hearsay, it could still be admitted as a well-established exception to the hearsay rule that the evidence is adduced not for the truth of its contents, but for the fact that it was said. To break this down simply: - It is of considerably little importance whether Armstrong...

Something you learn early on in lie-spotting, one of the fundamental tells so to speak, is to be very wary, and generally distrusting, of persons who persist in answering questions with questions. Generally, the only purpose achieved by it is circuitous obfuscation. "Look at me, a guy who came...

Centralised governance is and has always been the root cause of corruption. While the police are policing the public, there must be someone policing the police, otherwise they have the power to act with impunity being answerable to no one. However, I fear that gree0232 is being disagreeable...

Disclaimer: I am a Usain Bolt fan. I would not include Bolt in that list, for the simple fact that his junior results outstrip anything ever seen with regard to sprinting at a junior level. You could compare him to LeMond in that regard: he wasn't just a prodigy, he was THE prodigy.

I readily admit that I've never been to Girona and don't know enough about it to make a determination. Applying merely principles of logic, the issues may be summarised: 1) What conditions make a location ideal for cyclist training? (proximity to competition, climate, infrastructure, etc.)...

It might be considered that it is more likely that the doping follows the cyclists, not that the cyclists following the doping. Cyclists perhaps train in Girona because the conditions there are ideal - and those who are aware of the doping culture of cycling follow to where the market is...

I try to only talk about things I know about, which is why I've been a lurker for so long. I am a cycling novice, but I'd say I know a thing or two about sports psychology. The story of Lance Armstrong is fascinating from a psychological perspective even for cycling know-nothings like myself...

Ah, my first post... On the topic of mental toughness and psychological intensification: Being an avid sports fan, I find that "mental toughness" is a quality which is only measurable in truly adverse conditions. We speak of mental toughness and psychological intensification in instances where...