Originally Posted by
Duke of Kent
Maybe the dude gives money to charity, volunteers regularly, is devoted to his wife and family?
Maybe he's the owner of a small business and does right by his workers?
Maybe he's Jesus H. Christ reincarnate, with that one flaw?
In the grand scheme of things, and I'm not saying it's "OK" here, doping isn't the equivalent of kicking puppies or selling automatic weapons to sub-Saharan African warlords. He isn't robbing people at gunpoint. He isn't committing white collar financial crimes that destroy the retirements of tens of thousands of people.
I'm not saying doping is as bad as murder - but I'm wondering where the "good guy" line is drawn.
Can one be a cheater and still be a good person? Their intentions (to cheat) are bad by definition, so that's a tough sell for me.
But of course in life people are not the way they are in movies; people are a mix of bad and good.. so things get murky for sure.
At any rate I'm just glad none of us racer types are kicking puppies!