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When a bodybuilder dies and it's clear that steroid abuse was a major factor, why does everyone point fingers and say "see, I told you so it was because of steroids. You go too hard and too fast and you'll eventually crash. He knew the repercussions". ?




But when Dale Earnhardt crashed his car into the wall during the Daytona 500, there was no blame. There was no "he knew what he was getting himself into" "every race is a major risk" "you're playing with fire". The tone is sad, not blameworthy.
Both of these people were going full throttle toward a goal to finish the race first and they were doing whatever they could to do it. Why the difference in reaction and backlash?