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Post by Kliquid on Feb 8, 2009 2:14:43 GMT -5
Not hating just wrestlers need to get better vocabulary skills if they want to be taken serious. I just think he needs to rethink his argument before he appears on live television. His real argument, which he gave on his blog, is that him smoking marijuana has nothing to do with him being an athletic icon. Phelps never asked to be a role model, and he never said he was perfect... Everyone has done things that they are ashamed of. If the worst thing someone can find about Michael Phelps is that he occasionally likes to smoke marijuana, OBVIOUSLY NOT DURING THE OLYMPICS (given that he did not fail a drug test), then I think he's in pretty good shape. I mean, seriously, there are a hell of a lot worse things he could be doing... Quite frankly, I'd rather that he smoke pot, than drink alcohol.
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Post by racingjason on Feb 8, 2009 2:17:41 GMT -5
To each there own and all, But Phelps is a role model for young kids. I mean smoke em' if ya got em'. But He should be smarter than to let someone take a picture. All the kids at the air brush stands in the middle of the mall were going to be pot heads anyway, so RVD didn't hurt anything when he got caught!!! Did Phelps ever say he was a role model. People made the choice to call him a role model because of what he did. AHHH, DUHHH! It comes with the territory. Everybody knows that and I'm sure phelps did to. I'm not saying have no fun, I'm saying don't do stuff like that in public. Common sense really!!!!
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Post by AndyPeck13 on Feb 8, 2009 13:10:16 GMT -5
RVD was still holding a large amount of an illegal substance meaning there was cause to believe that RVD could have been distributing it which in the end is just as stupid. Phelps really should have known better and the fact that he's an athlete on a professional level and partakes in those types of drugs is just inane on his part and I am glad he lost a lot of his advertisers. He doesn't deserve them. that doesn't mean he was distributing it tho... he could have had a lot b/c he was going around w/ the WWE at the time so he had like a stock of it...plus it could have been for both him and Sabu i doubt he was distributing it
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2009 14:37:19 GMT -5
Oh Michael Phelps had endorsements lol. Yeah you know a lot of chicks find him hot. I'm just not seeing it. Don't blame you. Man looks like if the Elephant Man took a shovel to the face.
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Post by angry2k9 on Feb 8, 2009 14:39:57 GMT -5
i think way to big of a deal was made over that picture. The picture was what, 3 months old? It's lame enough to use something 3 months old against someone. People make him seem like the devil for hitting a bong, big deal. He could have been shooting up or something a lot worse, but you got Phelps being smart about it actually and ripping a bong, which is a safer way to get high, right behind the vaporizer in my opinion.
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Post by CBT on Feb 8, 2009 14:49:20 GMT -5
i think way to big of a deal was made over that picture. The picture was what, 3 months old? It's lame enough to use something 3 months old against someone. People make him seem like the devil for hitting a bong, big deal. He could have been shooting up or something a lot worse, but you got Phelps being smart about it actually and ripping a bong, which is a safer way to get high, right behind the vaporizer in my opinion. The whole point is it's partaking or showing how to partake an illegal substance. I could not give a less if they had pictures of him pissing in the pool, or emptying bong water into that very same pool... but the fact is, he's in the public's eye and so they wanna expose him. Society always exposes the good guy as being bad, not the other way around. Once again, I don't care either way on how Michael Phelps is portrayed, it's just my interpretation on how things are done. Think of it like Phelps taking camera phone shots of himself in full buff, uploading them and sending them to friends. Yeah, it happens, but his celebrity status makes people talk and take interest more in his pecker than if it was yours or mine. I don't see the significance in the picture being sent to p.r. outside of the fact some douche wanted him to lose his sponsors or Phelps himself didn't like the contract he had (and i've heard rumblings of that) The picture is sufficient that even if he never claimed to be a role model, what he is doing is no more legal than a snuff film. (okay, neither is equal but neither is legal) Still, it's the law that makes this important, and the fact he's a gold medalist that entitles us to give a damn about what he does behind closed doors.
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Post by Bubba Ray DJ on Feb 8, 2009 14:53:51 GMT -5
How could a photo of someone taking a hit from a bong be taken out of context. That is the worst argument I've ever heard. Taken out of context means that the photo taken does not show smoke in the pipe. It does not prove that he smoked weed. it could have easily have been Phelps saying "Hey is this how you smoke a bong?" Then some wise ass takes a pic of him. That's how it can be taken out of context. Except for the fact that Phelps already admitted to smoking from it. So...yeah, your argument is craptoo.
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Post by spawnsyxx9 on Feb 8, 2009 17:47:33 GMT -5
RVD was still holding a large amount of an illegal substance meaning there was cause to believe that RVD could have been distributing it which in the end is just as stupid. Phelps really should have known better and the fact that he's an athlete on a professional level and partakes in those types of drugs is just inane on his part and I am glad he lost a lot of his advertisers. He doesn't deserve them. that doesn't mean he was distributing it tho... he could have had a lot b/c he was going around w/ the WWE at the time so he had like a stock of it...plus it could have been for both him and Sabu i doubt he was distributing it I don't think he was distributing it either other than to a couple wrestling friends. But that is the way the law works. If you have a large amount of any illegal substance, automatically you will be questioned as to why you have such a large amount on you. Obviously I am sure many dealers also say, " oh I wasn't selling it.." so RVD saying it probably doesn't ring true to many law enforcement agencies despite how true that might be. I was just stating the differences between the Phelps case and the RVD case because really you cannot make comparisons between the two other than it concerns pot. And I mean that from a legal standpoint.
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Post by tazz13 on Feb 8, 2009 17:52:08 GMT -5
They act as if he poached a bald eagle and took a picture of him eating it while a heroin needle was sticking out of his arm.
Seriously, they act as if NO OTHER CELEBRITY smokes pot. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but to single out Phelps for something other celebrites get caught doing all the time is ridiculous.
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Post by K5 on Feb 8, 2009 18:06:46 GMT -5
'omg, he smokes pot but is possibly the best athlete living"
people just can't deal with that.
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Post by spawnsyxx9 on Feb 8, 2009 18:12:47 GMT -5
I hate how whining people are these days, especially when people put compromising photos on the internet. Leave the guy alone, after all he's done for this country, they get mad he acts like a PERSON. Quit treating them like gods, and treat them like regular people. I support RVD. No one is treating him like a god except for 6 yr olds and 12 yr ld girls wanting to get laid. I've seen co workers smoke a joint in front of stores and literally kicked it out of their mouths because of the set of mind the public has. The public has the right to criticize if they are going to spend money on the companies that endorse Phelps to criticize him for acts that they deem socially unacceptable.
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