"Haven’t we all done steroids, in a way?"

Personally, I am sick and tired of seeing or reading about Lance Armstrong and his admission of guilt. Why does he deserve this much press?

Fellow cycling enthusiast Dieter Drake found the following article in The Onion, CommentaryOpinionISSUE 48•34 • Aug 24, 2012, By Lance Armstrong

"There are many people who have tried to judge my actions, to label me as disgraceful or unethical. Time and again, I’ve had to endure the harassment of the media and the average sports fan, who act as though I’ve done something so outside the bounds of human decency as to defy logic or explanation. Yet I think, if we are all honest we each other, we could agree this is far from the case. For, really, haven’t we all, each and every one of us, ritually abused steroids, in a sense?I ask again: Is there a single person among us who has not, in one way or another, become obscenely rich and successful through the repeated use of performance-enhancing drugs?"

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Jay Holick is a regular contributor to the Malta, NY Blog and The Bike Blog for the Times Union. His wife considers herself a "bike widow" because he spends long hours on or around his stable of bikes, and he loves to visit the area bike shops when he has down time.He is passionate about writing...

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