Anyone else thinking of ditching their Oakleys?

tiredofwhiners

DF33 wrote:

So why the negative 'attacks' against him?

Because from personal point of view, the original post came across a 'higher than mighty' pretentious 'holier than thou' comment from someone with two faces.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and to do what they see fit with their kit but the post came across as a 'look at me, I have really high principles, so much so that I won't be seen dead wearing anything which has even the slightest taint of corruption on it and ain't I a clever boy for doing it'.

I wondered if Paris Hilton was posting here telling us all about her ethical principles, and talking out of her @rse .

houndlegs

I'm seriously thinking about ditching my EPO..........













:twisted:

Paul 8v

DF33 wrote:

I can't understand it either.

OP has his opinion, either agree or disagree with it. Personally I can't see the point of selling the glasses now but that's by the by.

He has, however, a reasond responce in that;
As Oakley has stated why they are still with LA due to contract and not wanting other athletes to worry they will be dropped before being proven guilty,
also stating that they will drop him on Monday once the announcement is confirmed,

OP has agreed that the situation is now understandable and therefore Oakley are not blindly worshipping LA for an income stream.

So seems the OP is thinking reasonably imo. So why the negative 'attacks' against him?

Imo Oakley are to be applauded in upholding innocent until proven guilty, in this case the nearest to guilty will be the announcement coming soon.

Right, as far as I can tell this now makes sense, so the OP will ditch his Oakleys if they still support Armstrong after a guilty decision? I still don't think there is much point in it unless he's got a livestrong pair but he's perfectly entitled to do so.

Captainlip

neeb wrote:

I'm really starting to feel that I no longer want to associate myself with the brand now that they are continuing to support Armstrong even in the light of the recent U.S. ADA ruling, and still have crap like this on their website:

I'm seriously thinking about selling all of my Oakleys on ebay and donating the money to a suitable charity.

you sir really are an anal road knob ive come to hate to see on the road, people so anal about brands that they are seen with is pathetic,

Ive just got a trek madone 5 series and dont give a feck wether its associated with lance or not, I ride on the roads without being a bellend to other riders or cause a problem for automobiles and dont care what I wear and am not anal enough to care about how good I look on the road.......serious problem with some road users these days.

stickman

I can't imagine any company still backing Cheatstrong, but you can't blame them for not dropping him instantly, they would have wanted to see what's what evidencewise.

reformedfatty

This is the best outrage bus thread in ages. I only have fakeleys, presumably I can head off any people expressing their outrage at my supporting lance by pointing out that they are fakes and I am actually supporting some chinese sweatshop where starving children must meet their daily quota or be summarily executed.

greasedscotsman

reformedfatty wrote:

This is the best outrage bus thread in ages. I only have fakeleys, presumably I can head off any people expressing their outrage at my supporting lance by pointing out that they are fakes and I am actually supporting some chinese sweatshop where starving children must meet their daily quota or be summarily executed.

Doesn't buying fakes also fund organised crime, such as drug dealing, human trafficking and prostitution? Have you no shame? You make me wanna puke!

gaspode

I'm more likely to ditch my Oakleys having recently seen pictures of Jimmy Saville wearing them.....

reformedfatty

Gaspode wrote:

I'm more likely to ditch my Oakleys having recently seen pictures of Jimmy Saville wearing them.....

He stole your oakleys? the man has no limits!

ShutUpLegs

http://bit.ly/QMW6Dn

Shocked....




















Its taken so long

5tew ST

I wont be ditching mine as I need then to see

I wont be ditching my sunglasses to They are a top product.

Not using a product because of their sporting connections are a bit strong

Thats like saying I m not going to get a really cheap deal on my mobile because vodafone sponser Man Utd.

or I m not going to get a loan off Wonga because they sponser Newcastle Utd

EdgarAllenPoe

Relax, we can all keep our Oakleys now.

neeb

EdgarAllenPoe wrote:

Relax, we can all keep our Oakleys now.

Yup, looks like it.

Please note that nowhere above did I suggest that anyone shouldn't, other than possibly myself.

neeb

Captainlip wrote:

neeb wrote:

I'm really starting to feel that I no longer want to associate myself with the brand now that they are continuing to support Armstrong even in the light of the recent U.S. ADA ruling, and still have crap like this on their website:

I'm seriously thinking about selling all of my Oakleys on ebay and donating the money to a suitable charity.

you sir really are an anal road knob ive come to hate to see on the road, people so anal about brands that they are seen with is pathetic,

Ive just got a trek madone 5 series and dont give a feck wether its associated with lance or not, I ride on the roads without being a bellend to other riders or cause a problem for automobiles and dont care what I wear and am not anal enough to care about how good I look on the road.......serious problem with some road users these days.

And you, sir, have not so much got the wrong end of the stick (as most people seem to have done), as the wrong end of a completely different stick, possibly on a different planet in a dimension where sticks have different topological properties. It's a pity you had to be so offensive about it in the process. You need to watch out, that sort of combination of completely missing the point and being very rude is exactly the kind of thing that starts wars.

Mikey23

... Frantically rummages through waste bin, finds bits of smashed up oakleys and tries to stick them together with superglue and Sellotape

Giraffoto

Good old Oakley. I was never going to ditch mine, they're my prescription glasses. Now is anyone going to burn their shellsuit in protest at Jimmy Savile?

ShutUpLegs

You do know Jimmy Savile wore Oakleys in that documentary with Louis Theroux?

Giraffoto

Anyone going to get one of these?

OffTheBackAdam

Being hugely overpriced, for what they are, I've not bought/worn any for decades.
Sticking with my Chinky knock-offs.

dmclite-3.0

OffTheBackAdam wrote:

Being hugely overpriced, for what they are, I've not bought/worn any for decades.
Sticking with my Chinky knock-offs.

+1.

dmclite-3.0

Captainlip wrote:

neeb wrote:

I'm really starting to feel that I no longer want to associate myself with the brand now that they are continuing to support Armstrong even in the light of the recent U.S. ADA ruling, and still have crap like this on their website:

I'm seriously thinking about selling all of my Oakleys on ebay and donating the money to a suitable charity.

you sir really are an anal road knob ive come to hate to see on the road, people so anal about brands that they are seen with is pathetic,

Ive just got a trek madone 5 series and dont give a feck wether its associated with lance or not, I ride on the roads without being a bellend to other riders or cause a problem for automobiles and dont care what I wear and am not anal enough to care about how good I look on the road.......serious problem with some road users these days.

Hahahahaha, you really don't care, so much so, we know the model and level of Trek you bought and you have a pic of it as your avatar, deeply ironic, non ?

Paul 8v

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/813618/thumbs ... x468.jpg?6

Just sayin'