Stephen Takacs threads - please read!

[HULKSTER]

I FEEL...

I feel horrible for the one post and link I provided about www.stephentakacs.com I thought it was some guy in his twenties he was a bit scrawny, but lifted, and participated in the lightweight bodybuilding divisions at regular shows. I truly didn't know he was just a teenager, let alone a mentally disabled kid. People have also been posting this kid's website and tearing him apart on www.network54.com, under Ghazi's BodyBuilding Forum. He is also getting torn up on some other sites. Christ, how did the word spread on this kid so fast? Who the hell found, then started, this crap? I am now going to send an apologetic letter to both Stephen and his father for any pain I have caused by my one post concerning Stephen.

 

[Johnny Cut]

but what if this guy wasnt disabled and just another dude tryin to make it?....would u all feel diffrent,....ive seen alot of flames on here...point being, DONT BE A DICK.....no one is the same and most of us are far from perfect, even tho he is disabled he is out their doin it, most of us dont even have the balls to wear a speedo

 

[SCOTTY-TWO-HOTTY]

Good on ya SG for trying to diffuse this situation... Karma.

That thread just wouldn't die. I think most members who commented negatively... wouldn't have, had they known of his disabilities.

 

[lonewulf]

I posted like 50 times on that thread, had no idea he was handicapped, like it should matter. SORRY STEPHEN AND FAMILY, i sincerely appologise............and scotty two hotty is right, we are not bad bros for the most part on this board we were just uneducated and ignorant on this one.......-WULF

 

[HighIntensity]

The real kicker is that he's got as good a build as some of the juicers I've seen postin pics here...and probably trains harder.

fucking with the kid is fd up, but he does not have a better body then any hardcore bro here. Thats crazy talk.

 

[Lift Chief]

In retrospect of course it is terrible what was said about the poor guy- but if this fact was known from the beginning no one with half a conscience would have ever made fun of him.

But the fact is that it wasn't- i'm sure everyone that said anything on the thread feels bad- and as for those that actually email him, well, that's taking it a little too far.

 

[SCOTTY-TWO-HOTTY]

fucking with the kid is fd up, but he does not have a better body then any hardcore bros here. Thats crazy talk.

Agreed. DT- You're definitely out to lunch on that bit.

What I'm about to say... I mean w/o malice: IMO, whoever created Stephens website was inviting the circumstances that are now taking place. Its common knowledge that most people in the(internet)world, given the opportunity, will be mean to someone who is different. The math is simple... if guys with considerably better bodies came accross that site, SOME were going to go to town on him. Exposing Stephen's photos on a site like that was a mistake... he needed to be more protected than that.

 

[SofaGeorge]

I think what people missed when they posted the Stephen Takacs threads... and their own comments on them... was that other people would take it a step farther and start attacking the kid and sending him ugly hate mail. We all have a tendency to judge other people by ourselves... and because we would never send a hate mail to some kid... we assume other people wouldn't either.

Wrong.

There are some sick f-cks out there. They used the links to Stephen's site and the negative postings as fodder to take the whole situation one step farther. It definitely turned into a very ugly thing that I don't think most people would have ever wanted to have been a part of.

I just got an email from Stephen's dad. Along with everything else... Stephen has recovered from major heart surgery... and his dad commented on how much he admires Stephen's determination to still get in the gym a couple hours a day and train.

Man, that kid has walked a tough road.

 

[Juicifer]

this is really bad...i saw the site and it wasn't clearly marked that he was handicapped was it? it looked like your basic jackass internet site (http://www.blackpeopleloveus.com) making a joke out of something...if i was making that website...the first thing that would come to mind would be that ppl are gonna think it is some kind of sick joke...STILL there is no excuse for emailing him

 

[bigdelt69]

I have spent a considerable amount of time researching the effects of AAS on the immune system. My thread was gone in one day, apparently no one cared. A thread about this poor guy got way too much attention.

Lets keep our priorities in line.

I also think this guy could use some words of encouragement.