Just read reports of Lamestrong's latest interview, and it confirms for me what a first class
creep he is.
He has attempted to use the same spurious comparisons with earlier generations that were
effectively debunked on here. Unfortunately, while anyone with any reasonable knowledge of cycling
will realise that Armstrong's doping was much worse on several levels, his attempts to compare himself with previous generations seem to convince the wider public - there were various letters in the Belgian papers tp the effect that 'oh Merckx was caught doping, they are all the same'. Lamestrong is clearly trying to exploit public ignorance of cycling history and the context of previous cases.
Worse, his talk of an amnesty and so on seems like an attempt to weasel himself into a position where he can rehabilitate himself by 'co-operating' with future anti-doping programmes. If this happens, it will simply undermine the credibility of future attempts to deal with doping. Depressingly,
it is likely that incompetent organisations like the UCI will go along with this anyway.
Sorry for the rant, but Lamestrong's new interview is such a blatant and cynical example of following the crisis management textbook. The frustrating thing is that he will probably succeed in rehabilitating himself.
Johnny
creep he is.
He has attempted to use the same spurious comparisons with earlier generations that were
effectively debunked on here. Unfortunately, while anyone with any reasonable knowledge of cycling
will realise that Armstrong's doping was much worse on several levels, his attempts to compare himself with previous generations seem to convince the wider public - there were various letters in the Belgian papers tp the effect that 'oh Merckx was caught doping, they are all the same'. Lamestrong is clearly trying to exploit public ignorance of cycling history and the context of previous cases.
Worse, his talk of an amnesty and so on seems like an attempt to weasel himself into a position where he can rehabilitate himself by 'co-operating' with future anti-doping programmes. If this happens, it will simply undermine the credibility of future attempts to deal with doping. Depressingly,
it is likely that incompetent organisations like the UCI will go along with this anyway.
Sorry for the rant, but Lamestrong's new interview is such a blatant and cynical example of following the crisis management textbook. The frustrating thing is that he will probably succeed in rehabilitating himself.
Johnny