one thing nan, is that i don't condemn them personally for the choices they made in that timeframe as much as i condemn them for how they handle it afterwards. we can discuss the right/wrong of doing it in the first place. if they took the same stance you are taking, this would look alot different. if they took some responsibility for their own actions, yet also gave context for why they did it, they'd be more sympathetic figures. instead, they try and indict everyone else. if you come out with a scortched earth campaign and make it about everyone else instead of your own choices, then i lose compassion. and you bring on more to yourself. clemens own choices brought him the spectacle we saw yesterday.
so, again, i don't condemn the choices, because in many ways, it is understandable. i do condemn the response and the indignation they show (clemens and bonds in particular), and i do discount their chemically enhanced performances.
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