Volconvo Debate Forums - View Single Post - Performance Enhancement + Sports = where is the line, and why?

loser · Mar 10, 2007, 12:20 pm

Steroids ARE dangerous drugs and the effects on mind and body are well documented. However, the issue of the use of steroids (and other chemicals/supplements) as performance enhancements is overblown. Barry Bonds may have bulked up muscle by using PED's but it was still his work-out regimen that produced those muscles (no pain, no gain) and his additional strength (by the use of PED's) minimally affects his ability to hit homeruns. It takes a whole lot more than strength to knock a ball out of the ballpark...you have to hit the baseball first!

Even in weight-lifting sports, where the benefits of PED's are most dramatic, there is still the matter of natural advantage: all men are NOT created equal.

Shall we ban all players over seven feet tall from playing basketball (it's an unfair advantage)?

Shall we ban all athletes from Africa from distance running or the Swiss from skiing?

Some cultures or environments are conducive to excelling in certain sports. There has NEVER been an equal playing field in any sport at any time and never will be. Not everyone can be a rocket scientist nor can everyone be an elite sprinter. Drugs, like work ethic, drive, and determination can only do so much...the rest is just pure natural ability.

Someone's using PED's to compete in sports events? BIG DEAL, SO WHAT!

Someone else somewhere else is using money to win an election...that's what should worry you.

Mar 10, 2007, 12:20 pm	#17 (permalink) (top)
loser Logic User Location: Ether Posts: 625	Steroids ARE dangerous drugs and the effects on mind and body are well documented. However, the issue of the use of steroids (and other chemicals/supplements) as performance enhancements is overblown. Barry Bonds may have bulked up muscle by using PED's but it was still his work-out regimen that produced those muscles (no pain, no gain) and his additional strength (by the use of PED's) minimally affects his ability to hit homeruns. It takes a whole lot more than strength to knock a ball out of the ballpark...you have to hit the baseball first! Even in weight-lifting sports, where the benefits of PED's are most dramatic, there is still the matter of natural advantage: all men are NOT created equal. Shall we ban all players over seven feet tall from playing basketball (it's an unfair advantage)? Shall we ban all athletes from Africa from distance running or the Swiss from skiing? Some cultures or environments are conducive to excelling in certain sports. There has NEVER been an equal playing field in any sport at any time and never will be. Not everyone can be a rocket scientist nor can everyone be an elite sprinter. Drugs, like work ethic, drive, and determination can only do so much...the rest is just pure natural ability. Someone's using PED's to compete in sports events? BIG DEAL, SO WHAT! Someone else somewhere else is using money to win an election...that's what should worry you. My faith is stirred but never shaken. I'm the proof that evolution works... You're the proof that it doesn't. Political Correctness only teaches people to be deceivers.