[db682]

Appearently Soccerguy, You know very little about Mike. Im pretty sure that even some of his closest friends would refer to him as a hypocrite. You most likely werent around when M1T hit the market and he was up in arms about how he would never sell the stuff because of the high risk of dangers associated with its use. And even tried to pressure those who were selling it out of it by scare tactics. Bro, he's definitly an excellant businessman for a 25 year old, but he's still a hypocrite. "MOST" successful businessmen are. Just because he has good prices and good customer service (most of the time) doesnt make him the most angelic individual to walk the earth. And I dont need to hear about how he was only covering his ass with that statement, because he has posted many things on the boards that say the same thing about his character. "BUSINESSMAN BEFORE HYPOCRITE"!!

Id post some specific references but I dont want to rehash any old fires if theyve already been put out.

Besides I still like mike. Its just like how I have friends that I consider *******s and fools, But there still my friends. Its a label, you earn it. Im an ******* too. Ask around, youll find many that would agree. Do I take it to heart? No, cause its the truth and I cant hide from it, so I run with it.

db

[houseman]

Originally Posted by db682

Appearently Soccerguy, You know very little about Mike. Im pretty sure that even some of his closest friends would refer to him as a hypocrite. You most likely werent around when M1T hit the market and he was up in arms about how he would never sell the stuff because of the high risk of dangers associated with its use. And even tried to pressure those who were selling it out of it by scare tactics. Bro, he's definitly an excellant businessman for a 25 year old, but he's still a hypocrite. "MOST" successful businessmen are. Just because he has good prices and good customer service (most of the time) doesnt make him the most angelic individual to walk the earth. And I dont need to hear about how he was only covering his ass with that statement, because he has posted many things on the boards that say the same thing about his character. "BUSINESSMAN BEFORE HYPOCRITE"!!

Id post some specific references but I dont want to rehash any old fires if theyve already been put out.

Besides I still like mike. Its just like how I have friends that I consider *******s and fools, But there still my friends. Its a label, you earn it. Im an ******* too. Ask around, youll find many that would agree. Do I take it to heart? No, cause its the truth and I cant hide from it, so I run with it.

db

Excellent post, bro.

[SoccerGuy07]

well, i didnt know that about mike. I was just defending someone I thought was true to his word, from what i knew. I apologize if I was wrong in anything...I was just going off of what I knew.

[THA GONZ]

The government will ban anything that they feel can harm people............. unless they make money off it.

If they really cared about our health tabacoo would have been banned years ago. I bet more people die every day from cigarettes than the total amount of people that die yearly that can be even remotely linked to steroids or ph's, But the government makes billions of dollars off tabaco.

[THA GONZ]

Not to mention that second hand smoke is also a leading cause of cancer and death which means that people who don't even smoke and are around people alot that smoke are also at risk.
At least if your taking aas or ph's your only hurting yourself, unless you kill somebody on a "roid rage" !! LOL
but seriously the government claims where free, but where only free to do what makes them money. If they don't make money off it they will find a loop hole to make it illegal.

[THA GONZ]

Deaths from Smoking


Deaths from Smoking: 440,000 annual deaths each year are smoking-associated (CDC)
Deaths information for Smoking: An estimated 400,000 deaths each year are caused directly by cigarette smoking.<SUP>1</SUP>
Average life years lost from Smoking: 12 years (NIA)
Life years lost from Smoking: Smoking doesn't just cut a few months off the end of your life. It reduces the life of the average smoker by 12 years.<SUP>2</SUP>



Death statistics for Smoking: The following are statistics from various sources about deaths and Smoking:

• Death rate is 2-3 times higher than non-smokers
• Estimated to cause 10 million deaths per year worldwide by 2020 (WHO Web Site)
• 1.2 million deaths in Europe (The European Heart Network)
• 45,000 African American deaths each year in America (CBCF Health Organisation, 2004)
• 1.2 million deaths from smoking in Europe (The European Heart Network, 2000)
• 400,000 deaths annually in the US (Mayo Clinic)

Deaths from Smoking discussion: Lung cancer is not the only smoking related cause of death in women. The World Health Organization states that at least 25% of women smokers will die of smoking-related disease such as cardiovascular disease and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). <SUP>3</SUP> Smoking tobacco, using smokeless tobacco, and being regularly exposed to environmental tobacco smoke are responsible for one-third of all cancer deaths in the United States each year. Tobacco use is the most preventable cause of death in this country.<SUP>4</SUP>

[rebelhead]

Originally Posted by drei

"And, if they do finally remove steroids from the olympics, it will just be in the USA. Most of the other countries aint gonna try to stop it. They will laugh thier asses off at America because we cant win a medal anymore."

Steroids are already banned from the Olympics. And even if you are from a country where steroids are legal. To compete in the Olympics you are still subject to the Olympic guidelines which means you can't use steroids while competing in the Olympic games. Period. Also remember the Olympics store your urine from drug testing. So if a new undetectable steroid comes out and they start testing for it now they can go back and retest to see if the competitor was using the new steroid. And the competitor can have his medal stripped away.

I didn't say ban, I said get rid of. You don't honestly think that NONE of them are juicin do you? It's like the 20/20 interview a few weeks ago with the guy involved in the Balco deal. He said if a competitor tests hot, his coach is an idiot because it's easy to test clean when your not. He also said that when a competitor uses enhancing substances, he's just leveling the playing field cause they're all doing it. I tend to believe the guy because he's saying he was the one giving the stuff to several recent olympians and pro players basically incriminating himself. Why would he make that up?

[drei]

Originally Posted by rrgg

...but not arrested, ever. They get special treatment and the double-standard is ridiculous.

It's kind of like illicit drug use. You can only go to jail for possession or distribution not for using it.