Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Moral Outrage
If you're a baseball fan, I'm sure you've heard by now that future Hall of Famer Rafael Palmiero was suspended after he tested positive for steroids. Naturally, the commentators have been talking about it non-stop, speculating how it might affect his reputation, his career, even his chances at getting into the Hall of Fame.
I'd like to go on record here and say SHUT THE FUCK UP about steroids already! I don't care if Palmiero took steroids, they didn't magically grant him his athletic ability. He still has to practice everyday to maintain himself. There is nothing inherently wrong with steroids. It's a risk to take them. If athletes wants to risk their health (and ultimately, their lives) to outperform their competitors, that's their decision.
Illegal drugs are entirely a result of government imposing morality on our society. Steroids, marijuana, alcohol, caffeine, whatever; none of these are so dangerous that we need to be prevented from possessing them. All drugs can be used safely just as all drugs can be abused. Illegal/legal are purely arbitrary, man-made distinctions.
I'd like to go on record here and say SHUT THE FUCK UP about steroids already! I don't care if Palmiero took steroids, they didn't magically grant him his athletic ability. He still has to practice everyday to maintain himself. There is nothing inherently wrong with steroids. It's a risk to take them. If athletes wants to risk their health (and ultimately, their lives) to outperform their competitors, that's their decision.
Illegal drugs are entirely a result of government imposing morality on our society. Steroids, marijuana, alcohol, caffeine, whatever; none of these are so dangerous that we need to be prevented from possessing them. All drugs can be used safely just as all drugs can be abused. Illegal/legal are purely arbitrary, man-made distinctions.
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Dan,
The reason why steroids are not permitted in the olympics or any other organized sport is because it gives players an unfair advantage over those that don't take them. The spirit of organized sports is supposed to be that of using the talents that you were born with and developed over your life to compete with.
The reason why steroids are not permitted in the olympics or any other organized sport is because it gives players an unfair advantage over those that don't take them. The spirit of organized sports is supposed to be that of using the talents that you were born with and developed over your life to compete with.
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: 02 August, 2005 23:23
: 02 August, 2005 23:23
However, there are thousands of products out there that people can use that give them an advantage over those who don't. Only the ones that are deemed "dangerous" are made illegal.
In my research concerning my own personal fitness, I've been hearing a lot about caffeine and its role in weight loss. Most over-the-counter "fat burning" pills have high doses of caffeine. But taking too much caffeine can potentially be as dangerous as ephedra, yet ephedra is illegal and caffeine is readily available to consumers of all ages.
Why is caffeine legal and ephedra not? The same reason alcohol and tobacco are legal while marijuana is not. One side has a powerful lobby and the other doesn't. If it were really about safety all of them would be illegal.
コメントがあります？ Type something, please. It's less work for me.In my research concerning my own personal fitness, I've been hearing a lot about caffeine and its role in weight loss. Most over-the-counter "fat burning" pills have high doses of caffeine. But taking too much caffeine can potentially be as dangerous as ephedra, yet ephedra is illegal and caffeine is readily available to consumers of all ages.
Why is caffeine legal and ephedra not? The same reason alcohol and tobacco are legal while marijuana is not. One side has a powerful lobby and the other doesn't. If it were really about safety all of them would be illegal.
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