Originally Posted by
mapeiboy
The public attitude in europe is who cares . They knew right from the beginning it is a tough sport and dope helps . Do you really think NFL , NBA , MLB fans do not know their heros also use drugs day in and day out . What is their attitude ? who cares . If that is the case than why are we so uptight about doping in cycling . Lance did not start the doping culture in cycling . He just did better than anyone else , including european cyclists .
Would you or those who don't care have a different perspective if the kids who idolise these flawed heroes are caught behind the change rooms with needles and some "performance enhancing substance" shooting up, so they could satisfy their win-at-all-costs parents on the sidelines?
After all, their heroes do it, and people like you give them their complicit support, so why not let the kids have a go at it, too? The kids today are your breeding ground for tomorrow's champions...
Or you can look at it positively -- Armstrong has become the poster boy for cleaning up cycling -- at all levels!!