Terre earth wrote:
1. So are some of you guys now accusing people with possibly legitimate medical disorders of taking THEIR MEDICATION?
2a. i hope none of you guys ever get thyroid problems. 2b. Plus, the article even said these meds haven't been proven to help running.
3. It seems a lot of you are just frustrated that these guys are better runners based on talent and work ethic, and so just look for the drug excuse to escape your own failings.
4a. These guys are better than you, drugs or not. 4b. And they aren't even on drugs. 4c. Rupp and Salazar are good catholics too.
1. The issue here is why does everyone in one group suddenly have the same medical disorders when they didn't before joining the group? And why is it that only a doctor in Texas is able to diagnose them?
2a. Thank you for your well wishes, that's very kind of you.
2b. LSD hasn't been proven to help running either, but if Salazar was coercing them to all use it regularly we'd still take issue with that.
3. It seems you're missing the point. The vast majority of us are upset not because we feel we've been cheated out of a professional contract we would have otherwise had, but because Salazar's lack of a moral compass reflects poorly on our sport. Additionally, many of us have been in a situation where we felt pressured to do something we had reservations about, so it's only natural to feel some of their pain and be angered by it. I am very thankful I was never in a situation like Ritz found himself in, as I almost for sure would have done the exact same thing.
4a. Yes. Anyone who doesn't understand that is an idiot.
4b. Former NOP athletes are admitting to taking drugs they didn't feel they needed and getting infusions that raised their l-carnitine values as much as 110x what could otherwise be achieved through a normal diet.
4c. I'm not Catholic, so I had to look up what it means to be a "good Catholic". Here's what I've found on catholicallyear.com, and by nearly all accounts it appears you may well be right. The only questionable point would be whether they've "renounced sin and the lure of evil."
"To believe in God, the Father Almighty, the first person of the Trinity, who created Heaven and earth.
To believe that Jesus Christ is God's only son, the second person of the Trinity, fully God and fully man.
To believe that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified, died and was buried.
To believe that Jesus rose from the dead and ascended into Heaven.
To believe that the Holy Spirit is God and the third person of the Trinity.
To believe that the Catholic Church is the one established on earth by Jesus Christ.
To believe that the souls of the just live in Heaven and that they can hear us and intercede with God on our behalf.
To believe that Jesus Christ gave to his apostles the power to forgive sins, and that this power has been passed along to the priests of today.
To believe that this world will come to an end, at which point there will be a final judgement of each and every soul by Jesus Christ, and our souls will be reunited with a corporeal body, and we will live forever.
To believe that the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of God, a perpetual virgin, immaculately conceived, and assumed into heaven.
To believe in the power of baptism to forgive sins we have already committed and strengthen us against future temptations to sin.
To believe that in the Holy Eucharist, Jesus is literally and wholly present—body and blood, soul and divinity—under the appearances of bread and wine.
To renounce sin and the lure of evil.
To believe in and renounce Satan, not as a concept, but as a being.
To avoid occult and new age practices including Ouija boards, horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, and mediums.
To attend Mass on all Sundays and holy days of obligation.
To fast and to abstain on the days appointed.
To confess our sins at least once a year, but monthly or even weekly is recommended.
To receive Holy Communion during Easter time, but weekly or even daily is recommended.
To contribute financially to the support of the Church.
To observe the laws of the Church concerning marriage.
To raise our children in the Catholic faith.
To remember Jesus' Good Friday sacrifice by observing every Friday of the year as a day of penance by abstaining from meat, or with the permission of the bishops (as in the US) to substitute another voluntary penance instead of abstinence from meat.
To observe the Ten Commandments.
To love the Lord our God, and our neighbor as ourselves.
To defend Catholic social teaching and, whenever possible, to vote only for policies and candidates that are in line with those teachings.
When that isn't possible, to vote giving greatest weight to the matters of greatest moral significance.
To oppose abortion, euthanasia, sexual activity outside of marriage (be it heterosexual, homosexual, or solo), contraception, sterilization, polygamy, divorce, pornography, unjust war, and unjust use of capital punishment.
To practice the corporal and spiritual works of mercy as our station in life allows, and to support others who do with prayers and financial support.
To properly form our conscience. A good way to do that is by reading the Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the lives of the saints, and getting to know faithful Catholics."