Thread: Armstrong tells Oprah he doped
View Single Post
Old 01-17-2013, 05:16 PM   #42
El Capitano Gatisto
World Class Raconteur
 
El Capitano Gatisto's Avatar
 
Posts: 29,478
El Capitano Gatisto makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)El Capitano Gatisto makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)El Capitano Gatisto makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)El Capitano Gatisto makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)El Capitano Gatisto makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)El Capitano Gatisto makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)El Capitano Gatisto makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)El Capitano Gatisto makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)El Capitano Gatisto makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)El Capitano Gatisto makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)El Capitano Gatisto makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)El Capitano Gatisto makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)El Capitano Gatisto makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)
Quote:
Originally Posted by James Steele View Post
While a sad story, the crucifixion of Lance Armstrong is quite ridiculous. He may have harmed his sport, but he has done more good with his fame than harm he did to the sport. The US is not the center of the world, but it is the primary focus of the world's attention. Being as how we are always at fault for the bad in the world and always responsible for fixing all the problems in the world.
No it isn't. It's not my primary focus. I doubt it is anyone's primary focus outside of the US. Actually the issue here is that for years Lance Armstrong was accused of cheating and he denied it and the US assertion was that it was European jealousy. So there's much more to it than you say.

Furthermore, I doubt Lance Armstrong did that much for cycling participation. It was always a niche sport that was popular in certain places and it pretty much remains so. Maybe in the US you can go on about it inspiring generations, but then again the high profile nature of his cheating admission has probably tarnished it many more people's eyes.
El Capitano Gatisto is offline