pds41: I agree with you there; I don't think that Russia cheated, but I don't have a problem with you arguing it. I've said why I think that the statistics of the four times work, but I don't dislike you or think that you shouldn't be allowed to make your case.
Siannah: What case? What arguments?
First it's "impossible and never happens", and the counterargument that russians had nothing to do with timekeeping "NOT prove they didn't cheat".
We continue with his arguments that "all the skeleton world knows that russians were cheating" and the winner "looked like he wanted to disappear out of shame". The next winner from any country crying on the pedestal, should be shoot for crimes against humanity following such conclusions....
Now "The problem is that he worked 4 years for that gold." - I'm sure the russian was just sitting on his lazy butt the whole time instead of preparing for the Olympics in HIS home country...
I stop here, though anyone could easily expand it about 3 times. Again, what case? What arguments?
Now add in the "As for me I just wanted to raise awareness that Russia is still the source of all evil." and "I'm just a messenger, I don't intend to try to bring this issue any further." and you HAVE a case. Of unjustified and biased slander.
Here are some facts. Something our latvian friend failed to deliver entirely.
Look, as I said, I don't think he's right. But I don't think it's right that everyone gets so riled up about it and I definitely don't think that he should be stopped from advancing his theory.
My main part of agreement was that you don't have to read the topic - give one reasoned response and let the topic die.
It's a bit like that ridiculous topic from last week when people were going on about the gender options on facebook, and one guy basically wasted his entire weekend aggressively saying why he was right about absolutely everything and everyone else was wrong and like totally bigoted because like everything I say is like totally the only right way of thinking about anything like.
I think most right-minded people ignored the topic after the first half hour.