Do The Lies Matter?

Lance Armstrong comes clean on Oprah.  It feels unremarkable, pedestrian almost.  Big deal - another athlete cheated.  Especially in contrast with the news of the Manti Te'o story which is so much weirder and more fascinating (timing couldn't be better for Lance).  Or the Tiger Woods story.

I can't help but think all this contributes to something negative in our culture, but I don't quite know what or why.  Or maybe 50 years from now, we'll all look back at this quaint little time when people superstitiously cared about drug use.  By then, various drugs will probably be the norm and we'll all be blissfully happy and content with our lives and live to 120 and run 4.3 40 yard dashes.  Ugh.  Count me out.