
Originally Posted by
Test pilot
I'm posting this here so that people will actually read it, I guess I'll see how long it lasts...
I have been on here for something like a month and I have to say that I'm a little disappointed in some of the members.
It seems like the standard answer to any post questioning the wisdom of steroid doctrine is met with derision instead of explanation. All too frequently I see the answer "you're not ready for aas, so don't do them". I'm not sure how many of you remember when someone told you not to take steroids because they were dangerous - clearly none of us listened. My point is that telling someone on this board to just not do something is like telling kids not to have sex - it's gonna happen, all you can do is try to give them the tools to stay safe.
I think most of the senior members hearts are in the right place - they just want to keep the rookies safe, but maybe the approach is a scaring off more newbies than it is saving. And some of the individuals who like to ram advice down our throats are just gym-rat meatheads parroting what they have managed to crib from this site with absolutely no knowledge of the reasoning behind it. I'm only writing this because I am fed up with being talked to like I'm an idiot just because I want to know why. I'm college educated - I knew what HPTA was before I came to steroid.com! And I don't think that I am the only one.
What I would like you all to think about is more of an informed consent approach. The purpose of medical informed consent is to advise the patient of the risks, benefits, and alternatives to a given course of treatment. For example, if an individual wants advice on doing a cycle over 20% bf, why would it be so awful to advise him of higher risk of various side effects along with what he can do to control those sides and maybe cycle advice that fits his situation. Because telling him to kill himself to drop 8% is going to go in one ear and out the other. He sees huge guys in the gym and wants to get there now.
I know everyone has the idea that if they keep telling individuals to do more research, read more, wait to start cycling then their conscience can be clear if something bad happens. The reality is that we are dispensing medical advice on this site, whether it be for entertainment purposes or otherwise. As such, we have a responsibility to do a minimum of harm to the "patient". If the advice we are giving (or refusing to give) pushes someone to go it alone and just make something up then we are hurting that person more than if we had given the advice that was asked for, and you have to take the responsibility for that as well. This is why doctors learn medical ethics for 2 years.
I won't make any further replies to this post. Flame away as you see fit - but maybe take a minute to think about it first.