Lance Armstrong... greatest doper there was or ever will be

You're just making a comment about what you're witnessing in the comments. Not offering insight into the psyche of over 300 million people garnered from some sort of direct line every Brit has to the American Zeitgeist. Or spouting out tired and lazy prejudice. Those are the things that annoy me.

(I used a German word just for you).

Rephrase: in my opinion, after a non-scientific scan of comments on twitter and other web pages money is mentioned frequently by some Americans.....I'm guessing more than by other nationalities.

as anecdotal evidence pours in, some even seem to be suggesting that the fact that he raised x million dollars should absolve him of his alleged fraud and amongst his detractors the motive oft-cited for his alleged actions is money.

how do I know the comments were from Americans? by the poor spelling and punctuation....

It's not about money to me, it's about fraud, sporting, criminal and most importantly, psychological and social. Our greatest hero in the sport we love may well turn out to be a nasty, aggressive, liar and cheat.....quite literally millions of children and adults have looked up to him as a role-model....if only you could put a dollar value on hope.