Bigger, Faster, Stronger

The movie we watched in class last week was one of the most informative and interesting documentaries I have seen in a long time. Underneath the obvious message that steroids can and will ruin your life in many ways, there was a strong message that America is obsessed with winning and its impression much more than it cares about character. Several people that were on steroids were interviewed and they proceeded to state how they were happy on steroids because they liked being that strong and powerful, regardless of the side effects. They were so single minded and oblivious that they were convinced that what they were doing was right. And that mindset seems to come with some Americans. We tend to be so caught up with winning and succeeding at any cost that we completely miss the vision of what is right. In the lives of these steroid users, everyone around them used it, so to them, they were no different then the person next to them. And when everyone is doing it, it seems less wrong. With their skewed up view of the enhancements, and the fact that everyone around them is also using, they have completely lost sight of the fact that steroids ruin lives. And when people would try to convince them that steroids were bad, they would not budge their stances. It is the mind of Americans and sometimes it tends to get WAY out of hand.