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Anthony Starks
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Great posts mrplunkey, I think you are right on with your comments.
The media in the country is a joke, plain and simple. WE NEED TO START FIGHTING BAC
SuperDawgy
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Got2GetRipped said:
Religion has nothing to do with it bro. I consider myself to be very "religious" as far as my personal beliefs concerning God, but to let your "religion" interfere with your political views is entirely different. My bible does not say that "Thou shalt not use steroids!". I'm all for an ethically sound president, but don't let your personal convictions step all over my personal rights.
mrplunkey
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I agree with SuperDawgy on that -- I really don't think it's a religious and/or moral issue. I'm also willing to bet that George Bush (or Clinton, for that matter) both 1) Don't know what AAS are and 2) Don't give a rat's ass less about them.
It's a great media picture tho... high-profile atheletes and angry disenfranchised 20-somethings engaging in a dangerous activity that leads to all sorts of undesirable behavior. And now... <gasp>... the younger aspiring atheletes feel the pressure to follow suit and take these dangerous drugs! Now picture your 13 year old son shooting up in the locker room!
Now... here's the picture we NEED to portray. Poor old Joe... he kept his body in fabulous shape all the way till 41. Then, suddenly, he began losing muscle mass... then his libido was next... then he noticed his own personal "tire" growing around his wasteline -- despite swearing he'd rather die than get one. So now, what's Joe gonna do? He can join the ranks of the cheetos-lovin US public, turn-on Dr. Phil and wait to become the next government-subsidized congestive heart failure / diabetic patient (at a mere taxepayer cost of 100,000-300,000 per year) -- OR he can seek appropriate, legal, effective treatment from his family doctor and feel like his old self.
This isn't about getting upset, taking a political stance, adopting a religous view, etc. etc. -- it's marketing. And in marketing, you just have to win. Once you win, you can then make-up your own success story and show how you beat-down the villans who would have opposed you and doomed poor Joe to a life of misery and unneccessary taxpayer expense.
Thanks,
It's a great media picture tho... high-profile atheletes and angry disenfranchised 20-somethings engaging in a dangerous activity that leads to all sorts of undesirable behavior. And now... <gasp>... the younger aspiring atheletes feel the pressure to follow suit and take these dangerous drugs! Now picture your 13 year old son shooting up in the locker room!
Now... here's the picture we NEED to portray. Poor old Joe... he kept his body in fabulous shape all the way till 41. Then, suddenly, he began losing muscle mass... then his libido was next... then he noticed his own personal "tire" growing around his wasteline -- despite swearing he'd rather die than get one. So now, what's Joe gonna do? He can join the ranks of the cheetos-lovin US public, turn-on Dr. Phil and wait to become the next government-subsidized congestive heart failure / diabetic patient (at a mere taxepayer cost of 100,000-300,000 per year) -- OR he can seek appropriate, legal, effective treatment from his family doctor and feel like his old self.
This isn't about getting upset, taking a political stance, adopting a religous view, etc. etc. -- it's marketing. And in marketing, you just have to win. Once you win, you can then make-up your own success story and show how you beat-down the villans who would have opposed you and doomed poor Joe to a life of misery and unneccessary taxpayer expense.
Thanks,
T
The Greatest
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this is what kills me.
Steve Mcnair could not play football without the daily nubain (whatever drug they use) morphine injections. He needs these shots much like Curt Shilling who became a national hero for pitching while having his ankle shot up with drugs.
A. how is this not perfomance enhancing? He could not play as well if at all without the pain masking drugs.
B. Later in life many football players are left criples because they played sunday after sunday with bodies completly doped up pain free.
How is this overlooked?
Steve Mcnair could not play football without the daily nubain (whatever drug they use) morphine injections. He needs these shots much like Curt Shilling who became a national hero for pitching while having his ankle shot up with drugs.
A. how is this not perfomance enhancing? He could not play as well if at all without the pain masking drugs.
B. Later in life many football players are left criples because they played sunday after sunday with bodies completly doped up pain free.
How is this overlooked?
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