That argument is like the old Marilyn Manson argument of him influencing kids to kill at Columbine high school because of his music or ACDC is the devils music. Its just nonsense. Hes a terrible role model plain and simple. But there are lots of those. Theres tons of kids out there that look at a guy like Ben Roethlisberger and wear his jersey n all. The dude was a hair shy of being convicted of rape. How many examples should i give of truly terrible role models? In Bostins case it is simply a case of honesty equals hate.
Whatever you do dont be TOO honest. As they say, the greatest way to insult people is just to be honest with them.
And there is no greater truth than that
I agree that the world's full of shit role models, especially the world of sports. I don't hate Jose Canseco for blowing the lid off of the anabolic/PH use in MLB, nor do I hate any athlete who has juiced in one way or another to get an edge over competitors. People will always look for ways to gain an edge in any competitive sport, especially BB'ing, PL'ing, etc.
I don't hate Bostin, either. His transformation video was impressive. But it was known from the start as a "1-year steroid transformation video" or some shit like that. He was also like 19-20 when he made it, so I'm sure he knew young bucks were going to stick to it like flies to shit.
Should there be any accountability for people who do that? Depends on who you ask, I guess. Again, it's not his steroid use that bothers me, it's that he made it his shtick instead of things like nutrition, diet, exercise, etc. I ain't mad at Lee Priest for being upfront about this stuff. Hell, his crazy ass is still a YouTube favorite of mine. But he holds himself accountable for his steroid use and doesn't push it on impressionable fans as some miracle that doesn't carry consequences.
He's a grown man, he can do what he wants. He doesnt owe anybody anything where he needs to care about their harm reduction or well-being. If someone copies him its all on them.
I'm with you, bud. See above. He doesn't owe anything to anyone, but he should be held accountable if he's going to make a shit ton of videos, and money, pushing steroids and whatever the fuck his supplement line is called to kids.
You guys may not agree. I'm cool with that. Differences in opinion, that's all.
