Politics in Adbusters


There are apparent politics in the doping scandal of Lance Armstrong and most other athletes who have been accused and punished for substance abuses. It seems that whenever someone makes extraordinary achievements or amazing improvements people think they are using steroids rather than working hard. In many cases this is the truth but it turns political when the public finds one athlete guilty of doping and then all of a sudden, they trust the same guys to tell them who else is involved in doping. People tend to root for the big underdogs but once these guys get to a point of unbelievable talent they tear them down again. Everyone who ever watched Lance Armstrong loved him for everything he had overcome and then once doping came into conversations he became the worst man in the world and everyone seemed to hate him. Also, the people trust the proven abusers of these performance enhancing drugs to be completely honest and say who else was involved in the doping when in reality, they could just be making up stories about other athletes to salvage their own reputations.