Cheating
A friend of a friend is turning 40 and all she wants to mark the ending of her 30s is sex with someone other than her husband.
I’m told this woman doesn’t want to leave her husband – he’s a top bloke. But what she’s seeking is a feeling she hasn’t felt for a decade – that pulse-quickening, heart-thumping, deeply elemental, electric jolt called lust.
“I get it,” says my friend. “She’s only ever slept with two men and she’s coming to terms with the fact she’ll never experience sex with someone new ever again.”
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The old “I’m sorry… but I was really drunk” excuse has just been trumped. Researchers in the US have recently discovered there is, supposedly, a genetic condition which could explain why some people cheat on their partners.
It’s the old Michael Douglas “I have a sex addition” baloney.
Give me a break. It seems that every time someone gets caught drink driving, cheating, being violent (or whatever) they trot out some medical or genetic condition to excuse their behaviour.
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D-Rex says:
Sorry Marley, “its all about choice"is a nice neat way to conduct your life but I have to go with Eric on this one. Human activity is always based on logic / reason / rules, its just that we are not always conscious (or in control) of what that logic… Read more »
This week’s article by George Galanis in The Punch was an interesting read. But, I’m afraid to say, it mistakenly perpetuated the myth that somehow it is medically safe to use performance enhancing substances in sport.
Doping has been around as long as competitive sport itself. However, in modern history one of the major catalysts for the prevention of doping in sport was the deaths of athletes resulting directly from doping.
The reality is that athletes have indeed died during and straight after competition because they have doped. The death of Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen during competition at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome (the autopsy revealed traces of amphetamine) increased the pressure for sports authorities to introduce drug testing.
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acotrel says:
Dave, have a look at the list of prohibited pharmaceuticals and drugs, issued by the AIS. In various forms it applies to every sport, even auto racing. Read more »
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stephen says:
A sport with the least variables is the best. Doping in sport is a variable. (so are performance-enhancing swimsuits.) Read more »
Salary rorts in the NRL, Oscar winning performances on the soccer field, underage Olympic gymnasts and drug-cheats in the cycling peloton.
It’s all cheating and, as an elite athlete, I’m angry.
Not only at those who cheat, but also those around them who allow it to happen.
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Ricardo says:
While I definitely cuconr with the “know your dosage” caveat, it seems kind of strange to me that someone would go to sleep while under heavy effects of Jwh-??018…?Maybe it’s just me, but it tends to energize me for the first hour or so after use?—?hardly sleepy!On the learning curve towards… Read more »
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Sarah says:
To Jack Thomas - I doubt you heard from any Australian Rowers about buying “gear” at the Commonwealth Games since rowing is not a Commonwealth Games sport… Of course rowing has its fair share of drug cheats, hence why Russia as a nation was banned from competing in Beijing after… Read more »
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