Uhhh, okay...
I read an editorial this morning, stating that Lance Armstrong should take a dive at the Tour de France so as to "decrease anti-American sentiment around the world," and that other sporting events, such as Tiger Woods winning the British Open, "don't help, either."
This is absurd. It really is. Yes, it's a shame that the French can't win a sport that they pioneered (in the same it's a shame that a Canadian-based team can't seem to win the Stanley Cup), but since when is that our fault? They live right next to the Alps - there should be no reason whatsoever that they cannot compete, physically or mentally, with Lance. This just proves that he wants it more - and why not? The man stared death in the eye, and lived to talk about it...so why shouldn't he give everything he's got for as long as he can?
Diving, in ANY kind of competition, is wrong. Period. I don't care if people dislike us because our athletes are better trained, better prepared, better whatever. Why should we bow down to let them feel better about themselves? God did not create us to grovel to each other - that's what the definition of competition is. And sure, at the end of the day, you'd like to remain friends. But, unfortuantely, that rarely happens. All I know is that when some French peasant on the side of the rode spits in Lance's face, it really irks me. But, if that's how they deal with an American being the best in their sport, so be it.
This is absurd. It really is. Yes, it's a shame that the French can't win a sport that they pioneered (in the same it's a shame that a Canadian-based team can't seem to win the Stanley Cup), but since when is that our fault? They live right next to the Alps - there should be no reason whatsoever that they cannot compete, physically or mentally, with Lance. This just proves that he wants it more - and why not? The man stared death in the eye, and lived to talk about it...so why shouldn't he give everything he's got for as long as he can?
Diving, in ANY kind of competition, is wrong. Period. I don't care if people dislike us because our athletes are better trained, better prepared, better whatever. Why should we bow down to let them feel better about themselves? God did not create us to grovel to each other - that's what the definition of competition is. And sure, at the end of the day, you'd like to remain friends. But, unfortuantely, that rarely happens. All I know is that when some French peasant on the side of the rode spits in Lance's face, it really irks me. But, if that's how they deal with an American being the best in their sport, so be it.