Originally Posted by danfoz
Please provide the source that "all is good today".
The Guardian
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“My relationship with Lance was and still is a human one,†says O’Reilly. “Lance became a friend who happened to be a rider, we both looked out for each other on the road. We would spend up to 18 hours a day together for up to a few weeks, that creates a deep bond. So throughout the bad times I tried to remember his good side.
“I don’t know if I’d have been able to cope if I focused on the negative attacks. I also tried to remember that the reason I spoke out was bigger than Lance ever was; people were dying and lives were being destroyed. Now it’s nice again between Lance and I, we speak regularly and it’s gone back to how easy it used to be between us.â€
They were reconciled at the end of last year; the foreword to the book is written by Armstrong himself, the ultimate twist in the tale perhaps. “The legal stuff and its impact is I feel only now being lifted,†says O’Reilly. “I knew in my heart of hearts that I had done the right thing morally, but I felt I deserved some punishment for breaking the omertà .
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Link
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/02/emma-o-reilly-lance-armstrong-cyclist-doping
In short, I don't really believe in judging, degrading, defamation of character based on what I read in the press. People are complex beings, with different personalities and values. It is not my place to be the judge based on evaluating two sides of every story, by a press industry designed to report what makes money.
That's just my values, and if someone treats me that way, it is like **** off a duck's back. I don't really care being the better person.