You are reading too much into what he is saying, I believe. Because RC
hasn't seen the evidence, *RC* doesn't believe it exists. Same stance I
take, actually.
I refuse to approach the discussion already assuming that most runners are
doped. While I accept doping occurs, nothing I have observed has convinced
me that athletes cannot perform at the levels we have seen without doping.
Thus, believing in the innate fairness of MOST competitors (most of the
time), I believe most are clean.
Now you can all just go away and leave me happy in my sandbox.
-Buck Jones
-----Original Message-----
From: malmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Richard McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; T&FMail List
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 7:51 PM
Subject: RE: t-and-f: Not EVERYONE is doping
> to buy these drugs. Unless you can come up with documentation that the
> Kenyan or Ethiopian governments are out in the hinterlands distributing
> these drugs, when they can't even distribute food adequately, I
> doubt that
> drugs are behind the widespread depth of African performances.
>
> Richard McCann
>
Ah, there's that rhetorical shield of yours again. Because RC hasn't seen
the evidence it doesn't exist. If there is no documentation then it doesn't
exist.
I don't believe anyone has ever suggested that either the Kenyan or
Ethiopian governments has, or even possess the ability or will to administer
an American-style doping program. These countries, both known for a long
history of neglect of its citizenry, prove each year that getting travel
visas in order is a monumental task.
malmo
