Oh, so it's ok for Arnold to make millions of dollars off the physique he built using steroids, but it's not ok for the rest of us plebes.
And that BS excuse of his that "we didn't know the risks of using steroids back then" doesn't wash. Steroids were around for decades before Arnold ever used them, he knew the risks.
Typical "do as I say and not as I do" attitude from a politician.
Not necessarily!! He's not taking steroids now, is he? Risks or not, there were no legal issues, with regards to steroids use, when Schwarzenegger competed.
exactly...
there is absolutely no doubt whatsoever that anabolic steroids played a significant role in arnold's success as a bber, which earned him box office status in the film industry and thus introduction to power brokers in congress (hell, he even married a kennedy).
now he is trying to wash his hands of his dirty past in a sad and most disingenuous attempt to portray a wholesome image as the anti-drug crusader.
what's next??? is he going to start preaching to pro bbers to 'just say no.'
i don't quite know why arnold is still associated with the ac. maybe he's trying to promote bbing to bring greater credibility to his past or maybe he's trying to keep his hard core fans interested? don't know... 
If Arnold were trying to wash his hand of his "dirty past", there would be no Arnold Classic, as I'm sure a number of his Hollywood buddies wonder why he still participates and is involved with bodybuilding.
In the 50th-birthday special that MuscleMag did for Arnold back in 1997, Robert Kennedy recaps an interview that Barbara Walters did with Arnold. During the commercial break, Walters made the comment that she didn't like Arnold, although she appreciated someone doing a story on a "tawdry" subject like bodybuilding. She planned to lambast Arnold, first by inquiring about his steroid use then by taking him to task, fully expecting him to deny it.
However, when she asked if he took them, Arnold said, "Yes, I do!!!". That completely dumbfounded Walters and, as the article describes it, Arnold simply charmed the pants, figuratively speaking (I hope) off her.
Steroids played little part in Arnold's supreme acting success. First of all, Arnold had to drop weight for a lot of his roles (even when he actually portrayed a bodybuilder). Second, without his hard work and tenacity, Arnold would have been little more than an extra (like those big burly guys you see in old-school movies like
The Ten Commandments or "sword-and-sandal" flicks).
My question is simply this: How many of the folks here complaining about Arnold's lack of testing the Classic would actually still support the show, were he to do so? The first thing that would happen is we'd get a barrage of pessimists, talking about how easy it is to beat the tests.
Let's go back to 1992, when Vince McMahon did his drug-testing on his WBF bodybuilders. He brought in Dr. Mauro Dipasquale, who tested those guys for every thing but the kitchen sink. If you saw the 1992 WBF Championship (I saw it on pay-per-view and have it on tape), you know the results.
How many people supported McMahon for his efforts (notwithstanding his legal woes, at the time)? How many people stuck by the WBF in its effort to create a drug-free pro show on a grand scale?
Few, if any did!! In fact, the WBF guys got laughed to scorn. Dipasquale did exactly what people on this thread said should be done: He tested everyone in the WBF (granted, that was only 13 guys.....14, if you counted Lex Luger). He tested them several times a month. Mike Christian stated that he popped positive before the championship and lost a month's pay, $25,000. And, he started doing hormonal profiles to detect testosterone use, as he explained during the intermission (after the first 7 bodybuilders did their routines).
Were Schwarzenegger to do something similar, how many of us Getbig posters would stand behind him and his efforts?
