[QUOTE 3503377, member: 76"]Oh get a grip, he never destroyed anyones life! He cheated in a sporting event. You don't even know he took sadistic pleasure, he was probably just in so deep he had no choice but to defend his position to the end. Blimey, aren't you a copper?
My view on drugs cheats is they should all be banned from all sport for life, one appeal within 7 days, if they lose it they are ex-athletes. BUT, only Lance seems to have been subjected to this. Our Olympic team contained people who have been banned for doping, Ohurugo (I know she wasn't found doping but tough, she missed her tests, like wotsisname the mountain biker who went to Brazil for regular holidays and looked like skeletor) Chambers, St David of Millar. They should all be banned for life from all events, including local home town events, or Lance should have his ban lifted. It seems like it is very much one rule for our favourite bogey man and another for everyone else.[/QUOTE]
There's a long list of athletes who have been permanently banned from sport for doping (and other) offences: start with A for Athletics and work your way through a shoddy alphabet of professional cheats.
Naturally on a cycling forum Armstrong gets a hammering, but to suggest it's one rule for him and another for different athletes is absolutely ludicrous. Unless this is a letter to Viz?