while steroids are a shortcut, i fail to see how one can lack respect towards a bodybuilder/athlete utilizing anabolic steroids or any other performance enhancing drug/technique, and than say they have respect towards a member of the natural bodybuilding community, in that they do not take advantage of anabolic steroids or any other performance enhancing drug/technique, when the very same member of the natural bodybuilding community takes a supplement on an exactly paritous basis that a "non-natural" member of the bodybuilding community would utilize, with similar justification, in that one purchases/takes a dietary supplement with the intent of producing a desired effect, or, in the preponderance of cases, enhancing performance in some specified way, while a "non-natural" member of the bodybuilding community would purchase/consume a steroid/utililize other illegal or unnatural performance enhancing drugs/ technique, to produce a desired effect, either to or thereby enhancing performance. In our society we have come to equate legality with morality, however what we do not realize is that we live in a society which perpetuates unrealistic ideals of perfection as the basis for a foundation of success, and rewards those who will do anything to succeed over those who chose the path of doing that which is right, with the consequence of failure. Simply put, one takes a steroid with the same intent one takes any drug- be it a supplement, or an over the counter drug at your local shop rite pharmacy. Turn on your television, we push drugs- from allergy medicine to the greatest fat loss system ever invented. We are raised to have the desire for success, to strive for something greater than average- and we all cheat. Therefore, steroids should not be singled out as immoral over the usage of a supplement, or any drug for that matter, for we all cheat, we all lie, in some way. To summarize, one who takes steroids is a cheater and unnatural, yet one who takes a supplement on the same ideological basis, with the same intent, is within all ethical boundaries and considered completely natural ? Steroids are not the problem. The fact that in our country the greater majority of people would rather clean someone else's closet before they actually even bother glancing at their's, that's the problem. Everyone needs to get the fuck off their self righteous pedestals and start loving each other, because there is no such thing as a "natural bodybuilder", for the above reasons. Think of a bodybuilder as a piece of sculpture, and supplements/steroids are simply another tool of the sculptor, which should be utilized both within an acceptable range of usage to create a beatiful piece of art. No one criticizes a sculptor for using a specific style of sculpting, whereas bodybuilders who utilize steroids are criticized endlessly for their usage thereof. But, if steroid usage is no different from, say, Michelangelo going down to Michael's and buying a pre-sculpted figure, where all one needs to do is chisel it down to perfect proportions, then how can we consider the usage of supplements to be any different ?
