: >> I think Mike J said it best. "There's not adequate evidence to convict
: >> or acquit, only to slander."
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: >> jj
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: > Yeah, and the French seem to be really good at that, don't they?
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: Hmmm. I'm guessing you don't have adequate evidence to convict or acquit
: them of that charge, only to slander them.
Let's review, shall we? First the French (or was it the Norwegians? The
Greeks?) give the official Tour de France samples to an unauthorized group.
They (wait, maybe it was the Russians? or the Finns?) do not make any
preparations to follow the Tour de France rules or even the rules of basic
fairness. Then, they (surely it must be the Portugese!) decide that secrecy
is the order of the day and do not let ANY of the athletes involved
participate. Then, they ( was it the Brazilian newspapers? the Canadians?)
declare Lance to be "guilty of doping" because "six" samples out of 17 have
been speculated to be positive. No mention of the other 11 samples. No
mention that the chain of evidence has been scrupulously followed and other,
authorized labs are welcome to duplicate the "positive results"---or even
that there remains sufficient samples to do further testing. Nope--it is
either "believe us!" or nothing.
Naw, nothing to "convict" the French in there, is there? It MUST be someone
else that concocted this hatchet job. No French newspaper would have any
type of animosity against Lance Armstrong, right?
We have a saying in Texas: Get Real!
Pat
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