Huh, in actuality, IMO, it's kinda of the way Bonds and Co. felt the inferiority complex when seeing the records of people before them in Baseball history.
Now we could go on about the Libertrarian aspects of the arguement, but the specter of this issue transcends that, especially to the memories of people like Roger Maris and Hank Aaron. This is not a black and white, cut and dry issue where the pat Libertarian answer will suffice, IMO.