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Fair enough on him being an inspiration. Lots of the figures I've looked up to in the past often had 'complex' personality traits and I don't mean people should reorganise their past emotions once we find out what our heroes were/are truly like.
But I think it's about honesty for him at this point. It's time accept responsibility, let cyclists and the wider community get over the scandal. The longer he denies it and gives half baked apologies the longer it will stay acidic in people's minds.
This is a crazy extreme example but truth and reconciliation tribunals allow wider society to get over endemic crimes when you create a space to let people be honest. And he's sort of generated those opportunities himself and then slipped out the back door instead of finishing his confession. Which to be fair to him may be to do with the federal investigation looming in the next year or so. But that makes it pretty hard for me to generate empathy.
But I would be willing to rescind my 'motherfucker' directed at him.
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Tbh, I think that was a pretty honest and decent answer.
All in all- the guy started me cycling, I'm biased.