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  • C Chris Maunder

    A Highly Uninformed Defence of Lance Armstrong[^]

    cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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      A Highly Uninformed Defence of Lance Armstrong[^]

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      Nish Nishant
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      Biker humor. Boooo!

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        Biker humor. Boooo!

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        Ok, I realize that biker refers to people on motorobikes, so what do you guys call yourself?

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          Ok, I realize that biker refers to people on motorobikes, so what do you guys call yourself?

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          Cyclist.

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            Cyclist.

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            Nish Nishant
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            Sounds a lot less impressive!

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              Ok, I realize that biker refers to people on motorobikes, so what do you guys call yourself?

              Regards, Nish


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              Precedence of bikerness says the answer here depends on whether a cyclist also owns a motorbike or not.

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                Precedence of bikerness says the answer here depends on whether a cyclist also owns a motorbike or not.

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                Nish Nishant
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                Good point, I hadn't thought of that.

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                • C Chris Maunder

                  A Highly Uninformed Defence of Lance Armstrong[^]

                  cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                  TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                  LOL. Entertaining. A perfect example of how many people debate politics. :laugh:

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                    Sounds a lot less impressive!

                    Regards, Nish


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                    thats cuz 900 cc's with cobra pipes is a lot more impressive than good health. I miss my bike :\

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                    • C Chris Maunder

                      A Highly Uninformed Defence of Lance Armstrong[^]

                      cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                      I can't believe he's being vilified for taking drugs. Was he expected to beat Cancer on his own?

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                      • C Chris Maunder

                        A Highly Uninformed Defence of Lance Armstrong[^]

                        cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                        I've mixed feelings on this topic. I feel as if the guy has been singled out, not because he was doping but because he was too successful. Unless the USADA is full of idiots they already know you aren't going to win the Tour without some sort of doping - and that is what bothers me a bit. He wasn't targetted because he was doping but because he was too damn good at it and he won too many times. Had we won 3 Tours they'd of ignored him entirely. The point? Don't pretend to be against doping when in fact you're just against too much of it. The hypocrisy there bothers me. I experience a form of this every day on the way to work. I can go 5mph over the speed limit and the cops don't care. However, if you make it obvious (10mph) over then they'll nail you. In both cases the law is being broken - so it isn't really the law that matters - but rather, who is being obnoxious about it. Maybe the rule should be changed from No Doping to No Being Obnoxious.

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                        • C Chris Maunder

                          A Highly Uninformed Defence of Lance Armstrong[^]

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                          I have to agree, anyone surrounded by French people should take drugs to cope.

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                            A Highly Uninformed Defence of Lance Armstrong[^]

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                            I challenge anyone to ride a bike, up a mountain, dressed in Lycra, looking at other men in Lycra, while surrounded by French people and not take drugs.

                            Too funny!

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                              I have to agree, anyone surrounded by French people should take drugs to cope.

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                              Julien Villers
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                              Then what should I do? ;p

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                                Then what should I do? ;p

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                                Julien Villers wrote:

                                Then what should I do?

                                Drugs.

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                                  Then what should I do? ;p

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                                  Move to Germany. :)

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                                    Then what should I do? ;p

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                                    Move?

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                                      A Highly Uninformed Defence of Lance Armstrong[^]

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                                      Kenneth Haugland
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                                      Sounds a lot like the average voter everywhere :laugh:

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                                        Move?

                                        Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

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                                        Just do what the average French does, drink enormous amounts of alcohol each day :laugh:

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                                        • C Chris Maunder

                                          A Highly Uninformed Defence of Lance Armstrong[^]

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                                          I try to stay out of it but ... If they tried to ban him once and failed, trying again for the same charge over the same period is not fair. Independent of all things, you can't just try to find someone guilty of the same charge constantly until you eventually win. Of course I am completely uninformed in the matter. I do not know how many times Lance has beaten the wrap just that it was more than once.

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