GTForce

As I stated, these are simply my opinions. Everyone has the right to injest or inject whatever they want to. If you do not have the courage, intelligence or personal integrity to achieve a level of development naturally then your work ethic and character are sorely lacking, plain and simple.
If roids will fill that void in you, then knock yourself out.

Again, that is my opinion, and most veteran iron enthusiasts and fans of bodybuilding would agree. Perhaps "earn the right" was not the best choice of words. Everyone has the right to ignore the learned opinion of othersand do whatever they want.

Redspy, you raise a good point. However, any veteran lifter knows about the benefits of "cheat reps" where body english, momentum, and inertia are used to move a load through sticking points. I'm sure Coleman knows proper form and would easily qualify for all the criteria. His present training style is what works best for him and he has been lifting for 25 years. A guy who has been lifting for 6 months and thinks a squat consists of nothing more than a 5 inch curtsy, or bounces bars off his chest while arching his back so much it looks like he wants to **** the ceiling while benching, cannot give any legitimacy to any poundages he claims to handle.

I am not comparing gear to booze, cigs, or recreational drugs. I am not interested in whether or not people choose to get plastic surgery. I am talking about the steroids, bodybuilding, weightlifting...that is the basis of my argument. The bad press around gear comes from 3 sources :

1) experienced guys who overdo it and abuse them.
2) inexperienced guys who use them in a "quick-fix" fashion.
3) guys whose self-esteem is so fragile that once geared-up they act like complete assholes.

I love bodybuilding and I am in no way anti-steroid, but I have zero respect for fellows that fall into the above 3 categories.

Just calling it as I see it

Cheers, GTForce