OK I have more time now to elaborate.
I don't like to throw insults at people like that, but this was merely in reply to being told this morning that if I played Major League ball, I'd probably use steroids.
How does one come to that conclusion? Because, I was lectured, everyone cheats, and as further proof, the evidence is in that ballplayers use drugs, so therefore if I was a ballplayer, I'd use drugs.
This is ridiculous, and obviously so to anyone who possesses critical-thinking skills beyond a second-grade level. Firstly, I, like everyone, have opportunities to cheat and steal everyday. And I don't do it. I don't have to become a ballplayer to prove that I don't cheat.
Secondly, no, not everyone cheats. People who have no character cheat. Now, to some people, having character holds no value; which is fine for them. Maybe Jesse is one of those people; I don't know. But I do know cheaters, and every one of them is completely lacking in character, and most of them are failures in life... despite their cheating. I have to say, it's quite a good feeling to be a success in life and to know you don't need to cheat to achieve success. It's not a matter of being on a moral high-horse here, it's just a type of self-security and self-esteem thing that goes along with it... it's hard to explain it to someone who cheats, I suppose.
I was particularly amused at the analogy I heard this morning: Taking steroids is the same as a guy having too many beers and getting behind the wheel. "We all do it, and maybe it's wrong but we're not killing anybody". Well, first of all, yes, people are getting killed by drunk drivers. Second, no, not everybody is doing that. Third, I guess it stands to reason that the personalities at the Score would compare something to drunk driving in order to put it in a positive light. That says a lot about what's going on at that place. It was even claimed that driving 102 mph on the expressway is a "victimless crime".
Having said all that, I'm not even someone who's offended by steroid use in baseball to begin with. Now, I have no desire to be part of it or support it, though. Baseball can clean up or not, it's up to them, but drugged-up monsters just don't do anything for me, personally (just my opinion). But the gist of my point is that it's the utter stupidity of the people who defend all this that is so laughable. These are grown men who haven't learned lessons I learned in my youth (things like the value of character, that actions have consequences, etc.) It's shocking to hear adults who haven't figured these things out yet.
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