Extreme Bodybuilding Gear Use!!!!

[Times Roman]

TR, I enjoy discussing certain things with you. I definitely see you as one of the more well-rounded individuals of the message board, and that applies to many areas of thought. So I don't say this in a disrespecting manner, which I wanted to first clarify. It's very easy for the tone of voice to be misunderstood when you're reading someone's written words.

I'm of the opinion that truth, regardless of the topic, is always better than a lie or if not a lie an omission because we feel a certain individual might not be ready for the truth. From my own personal experience, it was the lies or omissions that caused me so many frustrations when I was younger. At that time, there is nothing anyone could have said to dissuade me from bodybuilding or steroid use. And because of the "big brother" attitude many tend to have, while it may have been intended to protect me, all it did was cause larger problems that could have been potentially avoided.

My view, and this applies to all things in life - present a man with truthful information, all of it, and from there let him make his decision. Let his course of action evolve on its own, and while he may choose the wrong course, that is his failing. At least he had the information at hand rather than guessing, which most always leads to mistakes. That's my opinion on the matter.

Thank you for the level headed response. I took it in the spirit intended.

I don't always necessarily think truthful full disclosure is always appropriate.

Let's take the discussion to an alarming extreme to express my point, then i'll reel it in and make it relevant.

When your five year old daughter is asking about where babies come from, you give her information that is appropriate to her level of development and maturity.

"Daddy puts a seed in mommy and the baby grows in a special place in mommy's tummy"

...................is an age appropriate response.

You don't fully disclose what she can't handle. You do not show her a porn video of a man and a woman having intercourse, right?

80% of members here are newbs.

This means, a year or two in the gym, and a vague idea of nutrition. And many are under 25, looking to not only to their first cycle, but looking for a source too. This is the rank and file of our members.

These are the people, for the most part, we try to protect.

The members that are not in this category, that have lifted for a significant amount of time, know about nutrition, and have ran previous cycles, These people over time rise through the ranks and are recognized for their experience and efforts, just like you did.

But for the most part, most of us staffers here tailor our comments to the rank and file.

There are places beyond the edges of the map where we can go to discuss things of a more intermediate nature.

I understand your intent.

Those that you describe that are on the one hand newbs, yet have a burning desire to advance, these people will become self evident, and these are the ones that fill up our inboxes via pm that we respond to one on one.

And over time, once they prove themselves, will rise up through the ranks, just like you did, and will be able to explore places outside the edges of the map.

But, thoughts can be dangerous things, and once you plant a thought in someone's head, over time, they tend to act on it.

Cheers!
---Roman