HYPOCRISY

Hypocrisy

Having worked with many young offenders who have for one reason or another taken a short cut to or a quick route out, only to find that breaking the rules  is not necessarily  going to achieve the result they desired, it begs the question, do these people deserve a second chance for trying to cheat the system? Or was the ultimate crime getting caught. Unfortunately we live in a society of double standards where those who run big business and banks can for the most part write their own ticket as money talks when it comes to buying your way in our commercial world's legal and political arena.

But when we talk sports, the purity of the human spirit is paramount in a world set above all others as a showcase for humanities better self. But don't be fooled, the worse side still exists with bribes and drugs. But in sports does it really mean there are no second chances for those who fall from the higher plane of expectation to taking a more distasteful route to success. Tonight on the Olympics, the presenters rallied to condemn the ladies winner of the 1500 meters, who, having served a 2 year ban for the use of a banned substance finds herself with not just the European Gold medal, but also the Olympic gold as well. Given the lady in question passes the drugs test, then despite falling from grace through temptation, she has now climbed probably the biggest hurdle in anyone's life, back from the abyss to make good. She paid her dues according to the rules, but condemned by those who commented on her as an unworthy winner and not the sort athletics wants to see winning a medal. So what was their suggestion.. Maybe she could run the race but never hope to win? If I was running to beat the world I would want the best in the world to compete against, otherwise victory is an empty cup... drugs offences or not, so long as they were clean when they raced, and thats an admin problem not mine.

Humanity fails in it's quest for perfection on a daily basis. Taking drugs in sports is just one of those failings. But if you set the rules out, and someone plays by those rules to regain their lost reputation and succeeds, then honour that person as just as much if not more of an achiever, abide by the rules of the moment if you want to have rules, don't moan when the rules don't actually live up to your hypocrisy and ask yourself if your thoughts would be the same if she'd been bringing home a British medal.