On Apr 28, 7:30 pm, Quadibloc wrote:

If, thus, a *government* connived in the use of steroids by its
athletes, a quite reasonable consequence would be simply to ban the
entire country from participation in the Olympics.


I don't think this would do much good. The fact is,
in spite of all the doping, our military is not really a
threat in chess. And "steroids" are for bulking up on
muscle; chess requires alertness, focus-- these lie
in the realm of stimulants.

Rather than over-react to some government plot to
take over the world... of Olympic gold medals, they
could simply have mandatory drug testing in which
only outlawed AND helpful drugs are screened for.
That way, the pot smokers will not need to whine
about invasion of their privacy, loss of "freedom",
etc. Even the Evans ratpack can then "feel good,
be happy".

Focus Factor: it worked for me; I used to be a
lowly Class C player, but now I'm able to hang
fewer pieces than ever before!


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