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DENI: This is Ethically Speaking.
DEAN: If performance enhancing drugs are so prevalent in sports, why not just allow them?
DENI: We don't allow them because they give athletes unfair advantage over those who don't use them. It's just not fair.
DEAN: Well, isn’t it fair if everyone uses them? Why not host the Steroid Olympics where we know up front that these drugs are part of it?
DENI: That would be a competition between scientists not athletes. Besides, these drugs universally are shown to hurt long-term human health.
DEAN: Oh Deni, athletics itself can be harmful to human health. Consider all of the football players with ruined knees and hockey players missing teeth. Alright. I'm joking on that point. Injuries on the field aren't consciously achieved for short-term benefits. They just happen.
DENI: Performance enhancing drugs, though, are a conscious trade-off betw...
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Laura Allen
Posted on August 31, 2004 at 12:32 PM | Permalink
Review of The Steroid Olympics
Love the topic and the idea! With a little work this goes from a good to a great piece. Humorous, but makes you think. I was definitely snickering.
It sounds just a bit too scripted. I could hear the female voice 'reading'. Male voice was sarcastic and witty, but also sometimes seemed staged.
Suggestion: Just sit in front of two mics and let it rip. I mean, of course have your basic ideas down. Talk beforehand so that you both know what to expect.
Overall, though this is pretty good. Nice music hook in the beginning - quirky and attention-getting. Great fit for a news mag cutaway.
LHA