“The hand-wringing over Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds is stupid and hypocritical. Everyone knows the score.” (Salon )
Not to mention Marion Jones and all the rest of them, although there will be the most anguish about the sullying of the Great American Pastime. The author points out that the steroid scandal is really about denial. Readers of FmH know that my diffidence about spectator sports may disqualify me as an expert commentator on this issue, but these are my sentiments exactly. And, to further place things in a broader context:
“Here’s another basic fact to keep in mind about steroids: They’re here to stay. Do we wish they had never been part of baseball at all? Of course we do. But the real story of BALCO is about how technology keeps marching forward. As the science of steroids advances, and doses and mixtures are further refined, steroids are likely to become attractive to even larger numbers of people, particularly men drifting into their 40s and 50s, worried about receding hairlines and flabby stomachs. All those TV ads of happy “Bob,” pleased at his “male enhancement,” are really just about testosterone. With male vanity being what it is, and with its attendant mentality that some is good but more is better, who is foolhardy enough to argue against a big future for steroids?”
