Reason why Lance stuff drags and drags and drags

"NoDannyNo" wrote in message
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On May 22, 10:09 pm, "Mike Jacoubowsky"
wrote:
Trying to figure out why this whole mess has taken so long, why it
wasn't over and done with years ago. There's so much stuff flying out
there, from David Walsh to Novitsky to 60 minutes to whatever. And
then,
reading through the recent threads here, something became obvious.
Consider the three different focuses of people wanting to see Lance
drawn & quartered-

#1: Those who hate Lance because he's too successful, and they see
success as a sort of arrogance that should be put down.
#2: Those who want Lance punished because they believe he doped and
they
see doping as a terrible thing in cycling.
#3: Those who want Lance punished because he was part of a mis-use of
public monies

Obviously there are combinations of the three, but the problem is that
people like Walsh don't really care about the money, and the money
people often don't really care about the doping. The multi-pronged
approach, instead of making a case against Lance stronger, actually
dilutes it because people either don't understand it or don't buy into
the total package. The exception would be those in the first camp;
they
don't need any more evidence than they had when Lance won his first
TdF
(or maybe his second or third, if I want to be charitable). They saw
something that didn't add up and to them, it's about time the world
caught up to their way of thinking. They're probably the
most-frustrated
of all (because of how long this has been drawn out).

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReactionBicycles.com

#1: Those who hate Lance because he's too successful, and they see
success as a sort of arrogance that should be put down.
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You gotta wonder if Armstrong has ever asked himself: "Would all this
be happening if I weren't such a douchebag?"
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Do you think many people at the top, whether in board rooms or sports,
spend much time with self-examination and/or questioning whether what is
now happening is a result of their own screw ups? To some extent, their
success depends upon a degree of self-assurance, at least outwardly,
that is beyond reason. (That Lance survived his cancer isn't an
indication that self-examination isn't worthwhile)

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

On May 22, 9:28*pm, Anton Berlin wrote:

It would be good if Lance said "Yes i did it" and went on to help make
cycling something close to 'pure' again.

"Again"? What, like it was in the 1970's with the ABL and the white
socks rules, and you spent hours cleaning your Gitane for the big 25
mile race on Sunday? Hate to tell you, but the pros were doping then,
too. Nothing's changed, except the drugs work a lot better than the
did then.

I always thought it was misplaced nostalgia that drove BL, I see it's
your drug, too.

RicodJour wrote:
Goddammit - LANCE killed the ****ing Easter Bunny AND Santa Claus!

And now the tooth fairy has taken out a contract on him.