Barry Bonds...Uh, oh, he lied

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quote:Originally posted by spoonbill

My opinion may not be right, but it is RIGHT.

Why is the senate involved in this?  I don't care what anyone puts into their bodies.  

It is a personal choice that causes harm to no one else, good or bad.  If the governing body of MLB wants to monitor players and hand out punishment, then so be it, but why is my government forcing players to testify?  What business is it of theirs?

This is a private issue between an organization and, for lack of a better word, it's employees!  If the government wants to penalize  the physicians that source the drugs, then fine.  HGH, Winstrol, and Testosterone are not illegal drugs.  They are available to every physician.  

To give the "Liberal" side of the argument, shouldn't these players have the same protected rights as transsexuals?  After all, they have made a conscious choice to alter their physiology.  They are just big strong guys living in a little bodies.  In some states the government will pay for hormone therapy for transsexuals.  It is also an obscure write-off on your federal taxes.  This is the same situation, just different hormones.  These poor prosecuted players just want to reach their full potential in life, and escape the ridicule of the bigots that claim they have no place in society.

Under this, bizarre, but sound argument, it is the governments duty to protect the rights and jobs of these individuals.  You just watch, it's coming!


I love this.  Just take the most outregious and idiodic position and apply a small amount of creative logic, and you have a "Liberal" position!   Someone should make this into a party game.

I will disagree with the one highlited point above. It does hurt others.  Athletes are role models to alot of young kids, they imitate them and want to be them when they grow up.  

Take for instance,Taylor Hooten. He was a 17 year old starting pitcher for the varsity team at Plano West HS.  He was taking steriods and took his own life 2 weeks before his senior year.  His dad Don Hooten wrote a letter to congress about the abuse of anabolic steriods and their precursors by adolescent and amateur athletes.  Over 3000 people attended his sons funeral.  He said his son had horrible mood swings and would go into deep bouts of depression.

This is just one of thousands of stories thats similar.  So to sit there and say it doesnt hurt anyone, tell that to Don Hooten who lost his son and never got the chance to say goodbye.  His last images of his son are walking into his room and seeing his son hanging there lifeless.