In the name of fairness and as a person who detest hypocrisy with a passion and one who has never condoned the usage of performance-enhancing drugs (PED), I do have few words to say in support of Markos’s statement above.
I fully believe that when naivety is coupled with ignorance, the begotten child is always heard to blabber something like this: “sure, but there was plenty of PED involved here...." Although they acknowledge some effort on the part of the athlete, they always underestimate it in comparison to the high level they rate the taking of PED is, as if to say that the sweating of blood is simply not enough on part of the athlete in question.
To these people I have only one word to say: PEACE!
Good call Markos, thanks.
Fadi.