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3. Some people care about people playing by the rules

Reply to valerief (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 09:58 PM

Feb 2013

This guy duped a lot of people. Millions of people wearing yellow "Live Strong" bracelets have to feel betrayed. He held himself up as a hero and legend, when he knew all along he was a fraud.

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Armstrong will not be prosecuted for doping - U.S. official [View all] Ian Iam Feb 2013 OP

I don't understand why anyone really cares about this. nt valerief Feb 2013 #1

Do you feel that this item should not be in this forum? Ian Iam Feb 2013 #2

Oh, I don't care about where this is. The story doesn't offend me. I just don't understand why valerief Feb 2013 #4

Some people care about people playing by the rules AAO Feb 2013 #3

Yeah, but it's only sports. It's not life or death. Just my humble opinion. valerief Feb 2013 #5

Then you don't know much about sports. AAO Feb 2013 #16

This is an opinion board. Am I not entitled to my opinion? valerief Feb 2013 #17

Of course you are entitled. AAO Feb 2013 #21

Lance Armstrong! Cannot be Prosecuted: "He's Too Big Too Fail !" KoKo Feb 2013 #8

i don't understand why you would bother to post in this thread if you don't understand.. frylock Feb 2013 #7

I don't understand why you don't understand why I'd want to share my feelings of valerief Feb 2013 #9

perhaps you can provide a list of subjects that you've deemed worthy of posting.. frylock Feb 2013 #12

I didn't say you were wasting my time. I was adding my opinion. This is an opinion board, is it not? valerief Feb 2013 #15

I don't particularly care, either. But FWIW, Armstrong went out of his way to portray himself... randome Feb 2013 #24

Why the Hell Not? chuckstevens Feb 2013 #6

Yep...push it to the LIMIT...and PROFIT...because there are no KoKo Feb 2013 #10

No consequences? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #19

NO, ONLY POOR PEOPLE DO! JaneyVee Feb 2013 #11

Yet prisons are full of people busted for possession of small amounts of pot daleo Feb 2013 #13

It makes you think that "justice" is purely a financial concept in the USA. Nihil Feb 2013 #14

Are they full of people who didn't get caught, but admitted to smoking pot years later? n/t hughee99 Feb 2013 #18

Armstrong also perjured himself daleo Feb 2013 #22

Sure, hughee99 Feb 2013 #23

Maybe you don't go to jail for admitting to past drug use daleo Feb 2013 #25

I agree on all of this, I'm just saying that comparing this to people hughee99 Feb 2013 #28

So, he'll just have to deal leftynyc Feb 2013 #20

Doh! P! Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #26

Of course not. And he's a white sports celebrity. They get blanket immunity. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #27

What is he? A bank? Squinch Feb 2013 #29

why does America even waste the millions on a "federal investigation"? Let the sport deal with it. Sunlei Feb 2013 #30