He wasn't pushed for his freakish physique, but he had one, complete with a disproportionately large upper body compared to his legs. As do Bob Holly, Rene Dupree, Sylvan Grenier, and countless other wrestlers that would be the largest men in any gym they walked into even if their bodies weren't central to their characters.
Wrestlers use steroids even more than lawyers drink (something I know about...personally). No secret there. Cops use steroids too, by the way, when they work out, so while Booker T's post is right on target, he could have used a better example than the wife-killing cop. It's just that Benoit's actions seem way too premeditated and coordinated for simple 'roid rage. Something else must have been going on in his mind (insanity, evil, who knows), but once the media hears "steroids," that's it, end of story. Steroids have magical powers to hit home runs, score perfect 10s on the balance beam, and murder their families, as if no human being is involved.
Benoit was about 5’9, 215lbs or so. Big for his size, yes. Not freakish, though.
I agree that something else was at work here and steroids didn’t ‘cause’ this kookout. Maybe decades of abuse contributed to a strange mindset or something, I can’t say. Contributing and causing are two different things, though.
I think, as many opinions expressed on Free Republic are largely “pro-life”, it hasn’t been said yet, I feel for the kid, maybe even more if he was suffering from fragile X or whatever and may well end up being physically or mentally challenged because many parents in this world will love their kids no matter what, will still see them through birth even if they know how they will be born.
This part smacks of downright evil.
Just like alcohol has caused much hardship; so this points out to the dangers of steroids with other cases out there.
He placed a Bible next to the bodies. Sounds to me like we should blame it on Christianity. You know, a lot of suicides are conducted while on knees or holding a Bible. Sounds like we need to fight this death cult! </sarc>