tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post3167831974362409450..comments2024-03-27T15:07:58.078+05:30Comments on Plus Ultra: Turn honest when you write your memoirsRajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367344161081393779noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-52046371986862152202009-11-09T15:18:56.903+05:302009-11-09T15:18:56.903+05:30we all do things which we may regret later on, adm...we all do things which we may regret later on, admitting guilt then is an attempt to come clean and becoming honest to one's conscience .. he certainly is not a beacon of honest but at least he had courage to come clean now .. and really how many public figures really expose their murky past so readily ..rameshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-15000815552597429902009-11-09T14:54:41.160+05:302009-11-09T14:54:41.160+05:30Oh just to clarify.....
I have no qualms that Ag...Oh just to clarify.....<br /><br /> I have no qualms that Agassi is being blasted. Nor do I believe that he has become an Angel of virtues by admitting to his past mistakes. <br /><br />Just that I think it is little overboard comparing him with a real life thug like Ramalinga Raju<br /><br />Best regards.Molaganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-60233251410250975862009-11-08T11:48:26.998+05:302009-11-08T11:48:26.998+05:30Molaga, all this may be true. But you cannot hold ...Molaga, all this may be true. But you cannot hold him as a beacon of honesty. I am repeating the point that if you do so, you would encourage me to lead a dishonest life till I am old, and then make amends by owning up, distributing my ill-gotten wealth to the poor,etc. A confession late in life may be described as cleansing of one's troubled soul, but cannot be described as an incredible act of honesty.Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367344161081393779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-22296685031319575022009-11-08T02:11:31.473+05:302009-11-08T02:11:31.473+05:30I don't want to be seen defending Agassi.....b...I don't want to be seen defending Agassi.....but I believe there is scope for a more nuanced position on his drugs confession.<br /><br />For starters, Agassi has already paid enough price for his confession - people as eminent as Nadal, Navaritilova, Federer and Becker - have already come out storngly against his action. At that level this kind of critiscm can be scathing and can deflate even the most thick skinned of people.<br /><br />Second, Agassi snorted a bit of "recreational" (not performance enhancing) drugs. Indeed it was against the laws of ATP....but still...<br /><br />Third, unlike athletics, performance enhancing drugs have little or NO role to play. <br /><br />Fourth, during the period when Agassi was said to have doped, he was on the way down - ranked somewhere around 140s. <br /><br />Fifth, Agassi has done enormous amount of social service- osmething even his most trenchant of critics have admitted. Moreover, he has all the money that he wants and the bucks he will make out of his book will be peanuts incomparison to what he already has. So we cannot even accuse him of "sexing" up his autobiography to sell his books.<br /><br />Best regards :)Molaganoreply@blogger.com