Chuffy said:What, seriously? I'm confused - I don't see how my OP came remotely close to that and it certainly wasn't my intention to attack anyone or anything.
I don't mind being asked to clarify what I mean (the OP was amended when Barrus asked me to do just that) but there are times when Dr M's forensic approach goes beyond seeking clarification and into head spinning pedantry.
I think it could be this line here that is causing you to be seen as something of a doping appologist by some.
Are you talking about the "nihilistic cynicism" of not believing the load of crap that Fatty McQuack shovels at us? Didn't he say just last year that there would be no more doping scandals in the TDF for " a long time"?I guess my point is that if people have reached a point where they don't believe anything they're told and have settled on nihilistic cynicism as a default position, is it possible that they can reclaim a degree of faith?
Or are you talking about the "not believing anything you are told" that is needed to ignore the piles of evidence which suggest that the same McQuack is in fact shoveling said crap?