Iam so scared!!! of theats

[imaginative]

My suggestion: If someone feels that Carl or Carol has said something
inappropiate, factually incorrect, or unfair, then:

1. State what they said explicitly (i.e. not ``Lewis is mean!'',
but ``Lewis claimed that Bolt was/has/will ... Cf.
http://www.YYY.com/lewisInterview.html.'')

2. Explain what your opinion on the subject ist.
(Again, not ``Lewis is mean!'', but a statement about Bolt contrasted with
the statement made by Lewis.)

3. Give some reasonably verifiable facts and logical arguments to support
your position.

Note that even if Lewis has said something truly outrageous
(_hypothetically_, ``Bolt is more doped up than Ben was.'') it is far from
certain that all of us have heard of it. Nor can you count on us having
read the various current sprint threads in detail---the noise to information
ratio is not what it could be, at the moment.

[dakota]

1988 - Ben Johnson - born in Jamaica
1992 - Linford Christie - born in Jamaica
1996 - Donovan Bailey - born in Jamaica
2000 - Maurice Greene - born in the USA
2004 - Justin Gatlin - born in the USA
2008 - Usain Bolt - born in Jamaica

The six men listed above crossed the line first in the last six Olympic men's 100m finals. Four were born in Jamaica (population ~ 3 million) and two were born in the United States (~ 300 million)

[imaginative]

And interestingly, the quota of cheaters to non-cheaters
is the same for both countries. (Just in case someone
intended to throw the first stone.)

[3]

Half of the Jamaican born sprinters cheated as well as half of the American born ones. Hardly an even comparison, however.

[Marlow]

Half of the Jamaican born sprinters cheated as well as half of the American born ones. Hardly an even comparison, however.

Why, just because there's more Americans? X% of all Oly and world medalists did PEDs. X = a number consistent from the USA to JAM. So Jam's medals are proportionately just as dirty as Ami's are. During the 80 and 90s, X>50, by the way.