It seems to me that the kind of discourses that go on here have transitioned into the public sphere.
I've been amazed to see Froome and Sky get the kind of scrutiny they are getting during the tour.
If you look at how The Clinic functions on this forum, it is sort of like the unconscious - repressed away in its own dirty sphere, so that the 'ordinary' (i.e. ego) level can keep functioning normally.
In this years tour, we're seeing the gap between the two domains close. Discourses about 'the race' are taking place in a context and climate of doping history and genuine skepticism. Journo's are asking clinic type questions. Brailsford is on the defensive about watts etc.
I find this extremely interesting. Of course, I'm not suggesting that The Clinic is itself the primary cause of the change in discourse; but perhaps it is part of the chain of causation.
What do people think about this?
I've been amazed to see Froome and Sky get the kind of scrutiny they are getting during the tour.
If you look at how The Clinic functions on this forum, it is sort of like the unconscious - repressed away in its own dirty sphere, so that the 'ordinary' (i.e. ego) level can keep functioning normally.
In this years tour, we're seeing the gap between the two domains close. Discourses about 'the race' are taking place in a context and climate of doping history and genuine skepticism. Journo's are asking clinic type questions. Brailsford is on the defensive about watts etc.
I find this extremely interesting. Of course, I'm not suggesting that The Clinic is itself the primary cause of the change in discourse; but perhaps it is part of the chain of causation.
What do people think about this?