fernetrunner wrote:
lax wrote:For clarification, I wasn't comparing Michael Richards' racist rants to this. The point I was making is that you can't hide behind this just being a joke. You may feel this is proper behavior. I don't. But just saying it's a joke in no way, shape or form makes it better...
I don't agree with the thread being written at all, I was just saying I don't see how it impacts his career at all.
If anonymous posters on internet forums were taken seriously, then 100% of popular athletes would be basket cases.
It's in the nature of most humans, to when they hear something enough to start believing it or at least consider believing it.
Hell I never thought Centro was using PEDs but started to entertain that idea when immersed in this thread. Now if this is all a bunch of BS, but I've created a room in my mind for a more than remote possibility that Centro is, that is a shame.
Put it this way, it taints his name in a lot of peoples minds in a way that wasn't there before. Some people may even be convinced now, and many others may have reservations.
If this was based on some foundation of truth or substance, well maybe that's ok but we no nothing of that. So as it stands now, a guy who more than likely is just a talented runner who has always raced smart since high school and is obviously a very hard worker has had his name tainted with 0 evidence.
You absolutely can make up stuff and have it be believed. It happens to millions in N. Korea every year. Well heck in this country too. After all, we are in a "recovery" after all.