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03-20-2009, 01:06 PM
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i wonder if bill rhoden uses penicillin? after all, it wasn't always available.
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03-20-2009, 01:08 PM
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Steroidal drugs are not permitted in international racing. America, historically, has been more permissive, Arthur said, because there was the belief that these medications were beneficial to the horse.
“There are people who still believe that,” he said. “It’s not proven either way, but it is an issue that has caused concern to a number of people who have seriously examined horse racing and the medication policy ...so, we're going to assume then that it's detrimental?
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03-20-2009, 01:09 PM
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Racing enthusiasts seem to feel that the general public, rather than being horrified, should view these breakdowns the way boxing fans and pro football fans look at catastrophic injuries: as unfortunate but inevitable consequences of difficult sports.
i think he's inferring that this is the wrong way to look at it, but is it?
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03-20-2009, 01:21 PM
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I love it when he is on ESPN's Sports Reporters and the other columnists use him as a punching bag.
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03-20-2009, 10:47 PM
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Remarkably empty of original thought.
Did he just want to keep the PETA-type AR morons on edge before this year's Derby?
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03-20-2009, 10:58 PM
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I think it was a good piece, couldn't find anything wrong with it.
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03-20-2009, 11:13 PM
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My problem with it is that it is generalized, and basically nothing new.
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03-20-2009, 11:15 PM
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 not a fan of this knucklehead Rhoden I don't grade this type of journalism highly. I think it at least borders on "shock-journalism" if it isn't blatent. This type of argument is not a good closer for the topic of legal drug issues. He has a very "light" and brief look into conjecture over a general subject of legal drugs, and then the heavy closer... It is overly dramatic. This would be a good closing argument for a call to abolish racing. I wouldn't be surprised if he built the article around the dramatic closer. *thumbs down*
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