poupou said:
Good that you understand that cheating his fellows has bad effects on many people.
That is why we cannot accept Lance's cheating
Yes poupou - but do you not believe that the benefits and the positive effects on people far far outweigh the minor mental problems of a few cycling fans?
On the cycling side alone, thousands of people have benefited:
Riders, Mechanics, Assembly Workers in Wisconson, PR People, Lawyers, Ex-Riders....The list can go on and on and on and on..
** US Postal was preparing to pull its $$sponsorship in 1999, but then Lance won the TdF and Postal $$sponsorship continued.
**Discovery TV would not have $$signed on if not for Lance.
**RadioShack would not have $$signed on if not for Lance.
And it would be hard to deny the Economic Benefit your fine Country has enjoyed because of Lance. Tourism, Drug Labs etc. As we speak, there is a Gendarme who is feeding his family on the salary he is earning from inspecting the garbage of a certain young man by the name of Lance Armstrong.
I guess I would go as far as to argue that Lance is amongst the Top Individuals in the Whole Wide WORLD when it comes to generating, directly and indirectly, Global GNP!