Tom,
I'm down with most of what you have to say. However, I have one small disagreement. No, I don't think the usual USMS crowd is going to give dopers a free pass in world class swimming; no, I don't believe FINA and the IOC get a free pass in these discussion threads, and I would not agree at all that people who speak up about drugs and the alleged non-serious response to the problem "get hammered" in these threads.
I would agree that those who level scurilous accusations based on no evidence get a hard time for their conspiracy mongering. The non-evidence cited earlier in this thread is a prime example. Put the shoe on the other foot. Do you want Dreyfusian smear jobs, like the latest cheap shot L'Equipe (aka L'Ecrap) leveled at Lance Armstrong, to be considered sufficient evidence of doping?
Matt
Tom,
I'm down with most of what you have to say. However, I have one small disagreement. No, I don't think the usual USMS crowd is going to give dopers a free pass in world class swimming; no, I don't believe FINA and the IOC get a free pass in these discussion threads, and I would not agree at all that people who speak up about drugs and the alleged non-serious response to the problem "get hammered" in these threads.
I would agree that those who level scurilous accusations based on no evidence get a hard time for their conspiracy mongering. The non-evidence cited earlier in this thread is a prime example. Put the shoe on the other foot. Do you want Dreyfusian smear jobs, like the latest cheap shot L'Equipe (aka L'Ecrap) leveled at Lance Armstrong, to be considered sufficient evidence of doping?
Matt
