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They have slightly more than just "hearsay". They have witness confessions of former staff and aides, and recordings of bullying, intimidation, public character assassination - partially carried out by Armstrong himself, say witnesses.

As I said, doping and lying over it I maybe could forgive, depending on circumstances, which does not mean that I would rehabilitate him. But Armstrong's criminal actings beyond that is where he really pisses me off at the latest.

However, bicycle sports is seriously bugged with doping anyway. Probably all professional sports is where gold medals are at stake and sponsoring and commercial treaties worth hundreds of thousands and millions is the reward. And doping control is always some steps behind.

Lets equalize the chances for everybody, I think that is what it is about: equal chances at the starting line, comparable conditions for all. Legalize doping. People have the right to take risks, if perspectives are worth for them to risk their health and life for it, so be it - it's not as if they would die by starvation if they do not sell their organs to get some money. Just save the audience from this myth of true sportsmanship only, and no doping and chemical tricks and all that. Tell the audience the truth, let athletes choose freely. And if then the audience is so horny for sensation and gladiator games on TV so that they make it still profitable for companies to found millions-heavy treaties with athletes, then the audience gets what it deserves. It's as stupid audience then, but getting intellectually damaged is part of modern TV world anyway.

Legalising doping also would dry out the criminal industry and its profits behind the chemical agents, the involved doctors getting rich by bribery, and so on.