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To clarify, I don't personally have a problem with doping. Because the thing is, anyone truly phenomenal at a sport has a fundamentally superior chemistry anyway, it's just a chemistry that they happen to have been born with. More efficient mitochondria, larger lungs, better oxygen utilization, above-average height--it's a myth that great athletes got where they are entirely through hard work, just like it's a myth that doping athletes no longer have to do any work. They still work their butts off, and they still provide the entertainment we're paying for. There's an argument to be made for banning fundamentally unsafe chemicals, but it should have nothing to do with "fairness," IMHO. Use the science and take the chemicals, I don't give a shit.
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