Merckx index said:
I find it so ironic that all Crow’s supporters are expressing a deeply-held opinion over what is right and what is wrong (again and again and again), while arguing that Crow had no responsibility to do the same. I mean, the more Hoggie posts, the more he drives home the point that you should not be silent about anything you think matters. Sort of like screwing to show your support for virginity.
Hoggie, I respect your passion over this issue--seriously, I do. I just don't understand why you give Crow a pass for not showing one iota of such passion over an issue with far greater consequences than some internet forum argument. And don't point out that you can argue anonymously. I'm sure Crow could have done the same much sooner than she actually did.
Q.: What is the distance in time and space between committing an ethically irresponsible act and being held accountable for it?
A.: A very long way, as the Crow flies.
But theres not "Crow supporters" and "non supporters". The issue doesn't need to be split like that.
I'm not a Crow supporter and own none of her music but respect her position in all of this.
And when someone posts a vitriolic statement like, "she stood by whilst Lance stole 7 million dollars", is not a sensible or rational discussion on the matter. Its just stirring the pot.
Nevertheless I keep coming back to the same question; what did you want her to do? Go to the UCI, WADA, the police, the UN? and how do we know she didn't?
No one can answer that question. I've asked it several times.
Ive also asked for links to what Crow said that was so reprehensible that she deserves a kicking. There are none.
RR rightly points out that JV didn't come forward earlier on his own because he would have been put through the "meat grinder" by the Lance machine. That I don't doubt but to then expect Crow to do it on his behalf is insanity.
Several wives and girlfriends knew of the doping and of the example I gave one actually encouraged Zabriske to dope. I think RR was saying that because it wasn't a transfusion its not as bad as EPO!? and not a co-conspritor. Huh?
The debate started from Betsey via the media telling Crow to confess what she saw. Crow spoke to the Feds and not to the media. And that's a problem because?
My own feeling is that Crow signed a NDA when the relationship failed with Armstrong. That would be fairly routine for the both of them. Hence why she can only talk to the Feds and no one else. I have no evidence of this apart from its standard in celebrity relationship that dissolve.
And circling back to JV. I bring him into the argument because he wasn't at active rider. He could have done something at the SCA hearing. He could have come forward to SCA and told them he could assist with the information that he was aware of. But he didn't and instead of saying nothing he wrote a statement denouncing the IM and supporting Armstrong. Now if Vaughters was honest & the IM was "gossip" then he's playing Frankie & Floyd by writing the content that he did.
What a mess.
So with all that in mind how did Crow become the white widow? doesn't make a whole lot of sense.