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@The_Seldom_Killer
TBF, I didn't tell @Fignon to fuck off, I told him he was fucking wrong. I'm not trying to exclude him from the discussion.
And yes, I could have been more diplomatic in my responses in an attempt to foster health debate that changes minds. However, I suspect that if I had done, it would only have strengthened his view that I'm a "mangina" and whatever the hell that's actually supposed to mean.
And if he runs off to lick his wounds from a forthright response from a "mangina" then that's for him to square with himself of what that means for his own perceived manhood. The same applies as to whether or not he exhibits the capacity for balanced and reasoned discussion.
Yes, those views will be common and pervasive and a careful campaign and debate with those in positions of control and authority within cycling is definitely the way forward. But Fignon isn't one of those people and if he ends us disaffected by the sport because he can no longer gawk at the pretty ladies on the tellybox, I won't lose any sleep over it. It'll just mean he didn't really care about the cycling as much as he would have had us believe.