roadhouse said:
man, you remind me of me up until last week, defensive 'till the death and there's nothing wrong with it, in fact i admire your steadfast belief. wish i could still be like that, turn the other cheek even though the evidence was right in front of me or rather it was inconclusive, seeing only what my heart would allow me to see and not my eyes, only wanting and only believing in the good in people and i'd really like to still believe in Lance as well, in a man's pure desire, courage, hard work and dedication making him all that he his and with pure class, but i just can't.
i won't push you on the matter as i've already stated more than enough evidence to prove labs wrong which very well could hold certainty with Lance's sample's, making them all null and void altogether which would mean that you could be right on that account alone, but i just can not any longer believe in him (although i really want to) and have a feeling that what is gonna end up making Lance look the worst, as he is now in my eyes, is the federal money that went to doping under his watch. Then we'll know he doped, outside of the scientists who have determined for fact that his samples have tested positive in articles in which you might not have come across yet as they are out there as i've read them (someone will post them shortly?) and Floyd's coming out and telling the world Lance has and has witnessed it with his own two eyes and on many occasions and well after the year '99, 'cause he'll be in prison for fraudulent use of federal monies.
time will tell.
I'm not defensive at all about it. I have no preference either way to Lance Armstrong. To be quite frank, I have no interest whatsoever in the sport of cycling whatsoever, so I have no motivation to play the "My Favorite Cyclist" game.
There is no conclusive evidence that he doped, only conspiracy theories. I'm not going to hang the guy based on inconclusive evidence. How many times have innocent men been proven guilty in the court of law? It happens all the time.
"Floyd Landis." That's all you had to say. Here's a man with no credibility whatsoever, and was so adamant about how he never took steroids, he even had people donating to his little "Help Floyd" campaign. Not only did he take advantage of people by accepting donations for something he knew he was guilty of, but he further took advantage of all of his fans who swore he was innocent by selling a book, which most of them undoubtedly bought not only to get his story, but to help support him. He's a flat-out dirtbag.
Floyd Landis is the Jose Canseco of cycling. At the most, the only thing Floyd Landis will EVER be known for is the man who brought down Lance Armstrong, and nobody's going to give him a pat on the back for it. In fact, people will probably hate him more than they already do.
This is not a matter of "turning the other cheek." This is a matter of, "Where's the proof?" What we have are a bunch of inconclusive tests and one non-credible man's claim that he witnessed Lance Armstrong sticking needles in his ass.
IF Lance is proven guilty, he will have a spot at the same table reserved for the high-profile "Hall of Shamers" such as Jose Canseco, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Michael Vick, Tanya Harding, Pete Rose, Michael Irvin, Ron Artest, Todd Bertuzzi, Lawrence Taylor, and Floyd Landis, Here are all men and a woman who were prominent in their sports, only to crash and burn.
