O/T Eddie the Eagle wannabe?/Winter Olympics

[flourbasher]

I think it's very harsh to ban someone if they didn't know they were taking drugs and they were imposed on them by others.
Or they did know but were being threatened and pressurised
Assuming that's the case here

Others disagree which is fair enough

It's like saying if underage children get pregnant, it's their fault

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Not exactly zero tolerance

Typical of today's " excuse" society always looking for the cop out

[frogmiller]

I think it's very harsh to ban someone if they didn't know they were taking drugs and they were imposed on them by others.
Or they did know but were being threatened and pressurised
Assuming that's the case here

Others disagree which is fair enough

It's like saying if underage children get pregnant, it's their fault

But that's like giving the people that drug them the license to continue! Ban the lot of them.

[wendun]

But that's like giving the people that drug them the license to continue! Ban the lot of them.

Dead right, frog. It doesn't help when people introduce spurious so-called parallels such as pregnancies from under-age ***. If we don't ban her what are we to do? What about those clean skaters who trained for years only to be cheated. What about the next case? What about the gymnasts and swimmers? Are we to excuse cheating because she's young, pretty and sits for a photo opportunity tearfully holding a teddy bear?

[wendun]

...and what did you expect from our finest TV channel...........

I hate the BBC. Today on Radio 4 they had a 10 minute interview with a doctor stabbed 9 times in a random attack. They covered it only because the plonker said he was more worried about the effect on his attacker's life than his own. Pr*ck. In 10 minutes Nick Robinson never mentioned the attacker was black. My mate was stabbed in a random attack on a train by a black guy and only survived after months in hospital. When asked about his attacker he rightly said "Hang the bast*rd!" Length of Radio 4 coverage - Nil.

[Lolmorgan]

Womens curling semi- final Sweden vs England it’s a very good game. On now.

[flourbasher]

But that's like giving the people that drug them the license to continue! Ban the lot of them.

Banning a 15 year old girl now won't stop Russia at all doping up its kids in the future
It's just punishing the innocent

[great_fire]

I hate the BBC. Today on Radio 4 they had a 10 minute interview with a doctor stabbed 9 times in a random attack. They covered it only because the plonker said he was more worried about the effect on his attacker's life than his own. Pr*ck. In 10 minutes Nick Robinson never mentioned the attacker was black. My mate was stabbed in a random attack on a train by a black guy and only survived after months in hospital. When asked about his attacker he rightly said "Hang the bast*rd!" Length of Radio 4 coverage - Nil.

There's been two racist attack by BAMEs in London recently, doesn't even make the national news.

Whereas they're still talking about Stephen Lawrence after 30 years.

[great_fire]

Womens curling semi- final Sweden vs England it’s a very good game. On now.

Good job the Scots are good at shuffleboard on ice, two medals on the way.

[CAMiller]

Good job the Scots are good at shuffleboard on ice, two medals on the way.

Yes we can rely on the Scots to come good, just like we did with Lulu in Eurovision

A silver in the bag and a gold to play for. Ending up with 2 medals is about our average over the past 50 years.