Wayne, Tom,
You do realize, of course, the circularity of your reasoning?
"They are cheating because they have done it in the past, and as a closed society, they can get away with cheating on a systematic scale and no one blowing the whistle on them."
OK, what's the evidence that they have done so recently?
"There is none, but I know they do it because the people who are supposed to keep them honest are a joke and way too political, and did I mention that they are a closed society?"
OK, but couldn't a lack of evidence also indicate they are honest? If the PRC is cheating with steroids and other drugs throughout their athletic programs, how well have they done recently in the sports that steroids and other substances help the most? Swimming, weightlifting, cycling, extreme endurance events?
Don't get me wrong, you guys could be 100% right. I know the PRC was caught once. And, I made the same arguments myself 20 some years ago about the East Germans (including their "female" swimmers with necks like an Alabama nose tackle).
BUT, assertion is not proof.
Matt
Wayne, Tom,
You do realize, of course, the circularity of your reasoning?
"They are cheating because they have done it in the past, and as a closed society, they can get away with cheating on a systematic scale and no one blowing the whistle on them."
OK, what's the evidence that they have done so recently?
"There is none, but I know they do it because the people who are supposed to keep them honest are a joke and way too political, and did I mention that they are a closed society?"
OK, but couldn't a lack of evidence also indicate they are honest? If the PRC is cheating with steroids and other drugs throughout their athletic programs, how well have they done recently in the sports that steroids and other substances help the most? Swimming, weightlifting, cycling, extreme endurance events?
Don't get me wrong, you guys could be 100% right. I know the PRC was caught once. And, I made the same arguments myself 20 some years ago about the East Germans (including their "female" swimmers with necks like an Alabama nose tackle).
BUT, assertion is not proof.
Matt
