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The military won't hire anyone with health problems of any kind either. It's rather ironic that the two of them produce so many maimed people anyway. Apparently, it's not good for their image to have one-eyed generals or FBI agents changing their colostomy bags in public.
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LASIK surgery will restrict you from certain job categories, (with the restrictions shrinking each year as a larger body of research is gathered on the long term effects of such a procedure).
Also the military allows for PRK surgery for many of its members as well.
http://www.lasersurgeryforeyes.com/lasik_military.htm
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The issue with steroids isn't that performance-enhancing techniques are intrinsically bad — if they were, we'd have to ban multivitamins, Nike, and coaches. Steroids, rightly or wrongly, have fallen on the "evil" side of a line, which is why they're being targeted.
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Actually, as the article points out, the type of steroids they're talking about was legal until last year. So, in the case of McGwire, it was perfectly legal at the time.
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you're confusing illegals...
they were legal in baseball until last year. that's the difference. Actually they were illegal before that, just no testing.
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Agree With you.
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who cares?
The whole idea of these rules is dumb anyway. The rules as to what are an acceptable pole-vaulter pole, or baseball bat are controlled. How about the shoes used?
In fact why not go back to the Olympics and have athletes compete in the nude? Probably would improve ratings too, since other than snooker and bowling the athletes tend to be buff. Of course this would make certain "sports" like curling, skiing, yachting and cycling rather tough.
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Steroids and lasik are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to using medicine to increase performance. Over the next century, there will be many ways to enhance sports performance with drugs and surgery. And, for the sports, whether these methods are legal or illegal is besides the point; the problem is that they will artificially boost athletic performance.
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They're both cheaters
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This will all have to change someday...
Look, I'm a computer guy relatively dependent on vision to do my job. Someday I may need laser surgery to prolong my career, or increase my comfort in pursuing it, or even to increase my productivity. I certainly would expect to be able to obtain it.
LASIK is one of a class of treatments that are designed to relieve prevalent, normal health conditions, and are so successful at their task that they help the patient exceed prior performance levels. In the future, there may be medications that forestall loss of muscle or bone mass, speed of reflex response, that are routinely prescribed for everyone in the same way that, say Rogaine is for loss of hair. Are athletes to be denied ordinary health care for the sake of our entertainments? Will we deny them the care we ourselves trust to be available?
We already do, actually - tested athletes have to forego all sorts of normal comforts, like cold medication and coffee. Someday, we're going to have to come to grips with our perceptions on these matters.
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Go to sites like LASIK disaster dot com. Or search LASIK and problems. This may help you see the truth. Tiger may have had a good outcome, hopefully it stays... good for him.
LASIK does help your vision, with this i agree, how much it helps depends on the patient. With some patients, it makes them see worse. LASIK does not however correct the root cause that led to myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism in the first place, thus you may find yourself back in glasses or contacts in 3-10yrs post procedure, with dry eyes, and a host of other long-term pitfalls.
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not really the same thing
If steroids where used to replace muscle lost due to some accident that made a big loss of muscle in an area then thats understandable.
But normally there uses to achieve a greater muscle mass then normally achievable, increasing the performance above the norm.
LASIK does not increases your eye sight above normal, its no gonna make you see further then anyone else with 20/20 vision.
If LASIK is not allowed then you gonna make them not be able to use glasses too?
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Lasik isn't illegal...
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No comparision!
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Alpha Pharma
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Steroids
Anavar
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steroids
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Steroids
Trenbolone Acetate
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