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pipi_k

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25. Lance who?

Sat Jan 19, 2013, 10:36 AM

Jan 2013

I've forgotten about him already...

Seriously, though...

All the while he was fighting off accusations of doping so vehemently, going so far as to bring lawsuits against people whom he thought were slandering and libeling him, I thought, OMG, with that much conviction he MUST be innocent!

So, if he had only lied, then I'd be much more likely to cast a kinder eye on his transgressions.

But he went beyond that. He bullied others. He slandered and libeled others, in a couple of cases, to the point where those people's lives were ruined.

He shows no remorse for that.

It disgusts me to see his face.

Anyway, I agree with you. No sports figure or actor or music artist should ever be held up as a role model.

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