fs up

the news of A-rod, Ryan Braun and possibly others being suspended by the league for performance enhancing drugs was only somewhat interesting to me. i know i simplify things, but if you want to stop people from breaking the rules, the solution is very simple. very very simple.  you increase the punishment. if 20+ players are going to get suspended for using PEDs, that basically means that the risk did NOT outweigh the reward.

let's say Major League Baseball said if you get caught once using PEDs, you will be banned from all forms of baseball for life AND you will be on legit house arrest for the next 20 years (exaggerated but whatever). there, PED problem over.

it works for anything. you want to stop people from speeding. making the fines $2,000 for the first violation. i bet that'll make the number of speed demons decrease.

if you want to stop high school/college students from cheating, make the punishment (for both cheating parties) a 30day suspension with 200 hours of community service and an automatic F for each class that semester.
a. hey grant, did you finish the spanish homework?
g. yes.
a. let me see it real quick
g. get the fuck away from me

just increase the punishment
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the 9th worst thing about totalling (sp?) your car?
     -is that you join the "i totalled my car club"
the 10th worst thing about totalling your car?
     -is that you can no longer criticize other drivers. like if you're in a car with 2 other people. and the driver gets cut off and says "geez, people in san francisco cannot drive for shit!"     all you can do is just sit there, you can't even agree or say "yeah"