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He has money to spend in testing the waters, and probably he's self deluded enough to expect that someday he can come back. He's wrong of course. As to why peop
by QAPereo 9y ago
He has money to spend in testing the waters, and probably he's self deluded enough to expect that someday he can come back. He's wrong of course. As to why people pick up... clicks clicks clicks.
- maxxxxx 9y agoAfter listening to him on Joe Rogan's podcast it was petty clear that he still doesn't really understand what he did wrong. If it's true that he only gave 5 million to Livestrong he probably made much more back through sponsor money so you could argue even that was just a calculated move for his own benefit. The sad thing is that with enough effort he will come back. He just hasn't mastered the art of fake remorse yet.
- packetslave 9y agoGiven the culture in elite cycling at the time, what he ultimately did wrong was cheat more effectively than everyone else did. Take a look at the results from the TdF and other major races from those years and see how many of the finishers behind Lance ended up also getting busted for doping. Armstrong's real sin was winning too much while being an outspoken ass about it, which painted a gigantic target on his back.
- maxxxxx 9y agoIt was much worse. What he did to people who told the truth was outrageous. He destroyed people who were in his way. He is a very vicious and dangerous man.
- nkassis 9y agoThis is the difference people who argue "everyone was doing it" miss. He was aggressive in going after people who broke the silence. He ruined people's life in the process, ending their career and slandering them in the media. None of his competitor went to the lengths he did. Read up on people like Betsy Andreu and how lance went after her and her husband for talking about what they knew.
- maxxxxx 9y agoAdd his masseuse to the list.
- packetslave 9y agoI'm most definitely not defending his character. If everything that's been reported is to be believed, he's an awful human being. But none of that stuff makes him any more or less guilty (when it comes to his cycling career) than Hamilton, or Herras, or Ulrich, or Basso, or any of the other big names that got popped. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_doping_cases_in_cycling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_doping_cases_in_cyclin... It ain't a pretty sport.
- maxxxxx 9y agoHe is more guilty than all these guys because of the way he went after people who told the truth. He destroyed them knowing that they were right. Doping is the least of his bad deeds. He perfectly fits the image of the highly functioning psychopath.
- kamaal 9y ago>>The sad thing is that with enough effort he will come back. Why is it sad? Are people expected to pay for wrong doing their whole life. I thought the concept of a punishment was reformation, not retribution.
- drivingmenuts 9y ago> I thought the concept of a punishment was reformation, not retribution. Not in the US. We're still pretty bloody-minded toward people who somehow transgress society's rules.
- QAPereo 9y agoDo you think that Lance Armstrong is in some way reforming or reformed?