Inspired by a short blog comment by Gerard Vroomen, mentioning that some are claiming they always knew HWSNBN was always doping, yet wore yellow bracelets as recent as 5 years ago.
In everyday life, doing bits of sports, now and then I encounter holdout wearers. I can understand sincere reasons to start wearing them at one point in the past, and then to not want to take it off (the later this occurs, the more tragic reasons to hold it on this long). I wore mine like a few weeks, for what it's worth.
Anyways, of all the tragedy in the world, only people touched with cancer seem reason to wear a reminder of their or loved ones' struggle, in the form of a colored bracelet. It's got the monopoly (although copied many times over) on universally understood extression via jewelry-type personal enhancement. Some people have tattoo's done to remember or support a loved one, or even a soccer club.
With pro athletes, their reasons to wear yellow may differ from non-athletes, as I seem to see them holding onto it longer than people in everyday life. Lance awareness seems universal, it's not like people in the streets are not aware, by such vastly lower numbers.
So, a few points:
- Who still wears, anyone we know, or someone you care about (or dislike) in eveyday life?
- Any notable un-wear moments? Did any pro riders unyellow recently, or after interesting events?
- More importantly: can sincere supporters of the official yellow line be offered an alternative, something not connected to corperatism, cheating, deceipt, false promises and bullying?
Sometimes I encounter someone with a truly touching story, and they're afraid to take the yellow off their wrist. They learned to hang on to it, albeit for false reasons, and they deserve to be offered an alteranative. They are falling in a void after yellow. Only their specific tragedy target group was offered this special handhold, but they've being dependent. I do hear a lot of noise about pink ribbons, but that doesn't seem to hit people as deeply.
What's out there? Let's give those last holdouts a proper substitute. And those who had to overcome a lot inside themselves to make the step earlier something they've lost (been given under false pretence and then stolen of).
I think the bracelets are a different thing than the other Nike branded stuff. The bracelet wearer are much more involved, for tragic reasons.
Thanks for your sincere thoughts, this is not intended a humorous post.
J
In everyday life, doing bits of sports, now and then I encounter holdout wearers. I can understand sincere reasons to start wearing them at one point in the past, and then to not want to take it off (the later this occurs, the more tragic reasons to hold it on this long). I wore mine like a few weeks, for what it's worth.
Anyways, of all the tragedy in the world, only people touched with cancer seem reason to wear a reminder of their or loved ones' struggle, in the form of a colored bracelet. It's got the monopoly (although copied many times over) on universally understood extression via jewelry-type personal enhancement. Some people have tattoo's done to remember or support a loved one, or even a soccer club.
With pro athletes, their reasons to wear yellow may differ from non-athletes, as I seem to see them holding onto it longer than people in everyday life. Lance awareness seems universal, it's not like people in the streets are not aware, by such vastly lower numbers.
So, a few points:
- Who still wears, anyone we know, or someone you care about (or dislike) in eveyday life?
- Any notable un-wear moments? Did any pro riders unyellow recently, or after interesting events?
- More importantly: can sincere supporters of the official yellow line be offered an alternative, something not connected to corperatism, cheating, deceipt, false promises and bullying?
Sometimes I encounter someone with a truly touching story, and they're afraid to take the yellow off their wrist. They learned to hang on to it, albeit for false reasons, and they deserve to be offered an alteranative. They are falling in a void after yellow. Only their specific tragedy target group was offered this special handhold, but they've being dependent. I do hear a lot of noise about pink ribbons, but that doesn't seem to hit people as deeply.
What's out there? Let's give those last holdouts a proper substitute. And those who had to overcome a lot inside themselves to make the step earlier something they've lost (been given under false pretence and then stolen of).
I think the bracelets are a different thing than the other Nike branded stuff. The bracelet wearer are much more involved, for tragic reasons.
Thanks for your sincere thoughts, this is not intended a humorous post.
J
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