Re: Mallpractice (776 Views)
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Mall (IP Logged)
Date: November 21, 2002 12:36PM
Let's suppose, for sake of argument, that I had a list of 2k jockeys, headed by PVal, who rode on illegal drugs which risked the safety of other jockeys. I do not see how what those on the list did or didn't do would have anything to do with the limited question I thought we were discussing, which is whether Julie's decision to continue riding after she was diagnosed with clinical depression and given powerful prescription drugs was right or wrong, good or bad. It is only after that question is answered that it makes sense to me to discuss how good or how bad what she did was in comparison to others.
On an entirely unrelated matter, but one I found outrageous at the time & am reminded of by Jurmela's MJ post, to the best of my knowledge no one from the media ever mentioned the central issue in the much publicized high stakes golf game which was one of the reasons MJ ended up taking a break from the NBA & making a fool of himself playing minor league baseball. Everyone involved stipulated that MJ lost $1 million & then "negotiated" with the winner and paid only $300k. There is a name for people who do this which derives from the early days when British bookmakers used to flee to Wales to avoid paying bets. Why no one covered this angle of the story & why anyone would believe anything MJ says at this point are mysteries to me.