Reply to a comment  Reply to this comment  indep_in_tx writes:
To me the case is less of whether doping is (or should be) okay
for sports/atheletes (at any level), but did he cheat for gain?
The answer, of course, is yes. And like most Americans seem to
be doing, he lies when he gets caught. From atheletes who scream
at refs when they get called for a penalty (foul, flag, etc.),
to coaches who yell at refs, to criminals, our society has seem
to forget the term "man up!".  Maybe because it's a chauvinistic
term, or some other reason, but personal accountability for
one's actions are missing horribly from many sectors of society
today.  When Lance had the opportunity to come clean, he chose
to continue to lie to officials, to his fans, to everyone. A
path he chose, not was forced to go down.  I was seriously let
down when I found out he doped. Not because it should have been
legal or allowed, but because he embraced the new American
slogan of "avoid personal responsibility."  Just another peg in
the decline o