Berzin said:Joe Papp did what he did and did so knowing it was wrong. He is an educated man who had other avenues to pursue to make a living, but chose to pedal PEDs on the internet.
Society feels no pity towards street dealers who peddle crack, crystal meth and heroin. But this suburban middle-class kid selling steroids online should get a break why?
Because it's easier for many on this forum to emphasize with Papp. He is not a character that is demonized by society. He is the prototypical suburban kid-next-door, smart enough to articulate his circumstances as "punishment enough".
I'm of two minds about this. I feel he found religion not from some genuine sense of remorse but as an attempt to keep himself out of jail.
If the judge looks at him and gets a sense that he was just a dumb kid who strayed from the straight and narrow, he'll get off with no jail time. All the judge has to do is take one look at him and, if he feels that this young man standing in front of me could very well have been his son, he's home free.
I feel that society being how it is, PED use has become de rigueur amongst those for whom vanity and insecurity have taken over their lives. In the coming years PED use will become no big deal, the more aging yuppies consume HgH and testosterone in search of that elusive fountain of youth. Eventually we will look upon this time in sport and consider it no big deal.
But what Papp engaged in was different. For those who want to see guys like Armstrong do jail time for playing a dominant role in procuring PEDs and fostering an environment within his team that drug use was not only mandatory for Tour selection but essential for their success, then I don't see why Papp should get off just because of his recently-found state of contrition.
Berzin said:Joe Papp did what he did and did so knowing it was wrong. He is an educated man who had other avenues to pursue to make a living, but chose to pedal PEDs on the internet.
Society feels no pity towards street dealers who peddle crack, crystal meth and heroin. But this suburban middle-class kid selling steroids online should get a break why?
Because it's easier for many on this forum to emphasize with Papp. He is not a character that is demonized by society. He is the prototypical suburban kid-next-door, smart enough to articulate his circumstances as "punishment enough".
I'm of two minds about this. I feel he found religion not from some genuine sense of remorse but as an attempt to keep himself out of jail.
If the judge gets a sense he was just a dumb kid who strayed from the straight and narrow, he'll get off with no jail time. All the judge has to do is take one look at him and if he feels that Papp could be his own son, he's home free.
I feel that society being how it is, PED use has become de rigueur amongst those for whom vanity and insecurity have taken over their lives. In the coming years PED use will become no big deal, the more aging yuppies consume HgH and testosterone in search of that elusive fountain of youth. Eventually we will look upon this time in sport and consider it no big deal.
But what Papp engaged in was different. For those who want to see guys like Armstrong do jail time for playing a dominant role in procuring PEDs and fostering an environment within his team that drug use was not only mandatory for Tour selection but essential for their success, then I don't see why Papp should get off just because of his recently-found state of contrition.