Ciro Pabón wrote:I predict Lewis will hit the ... front page in Canada again.
ROFLMAO. Don't worry Ciro, I will check the papers first thing in the morning.
So much for the fun and frivolity. I'm very uncomfortable about racism, it's an ugly smear against mankind's progress to enlightenment. It's not something to be taken lightly, but it's also something that we should not dwell on if it's not really happening.
There's also the label "hater", which also makes my skin crawl. I do understand that some fans are passionate about their favorite driver. And some are quite polarized, where their logic is that since they love driver "X", then anyone who doesn't share the same sentiment has to .. what's the opposite of love? oh yea, hate.
That's interesting since I love them all. Each and every driver deserves and receives my adulation and respect. What they do, and under such difficult and dangerous conditions manage to do something I can only imagine in my dreams.
But only my mother, wife, and close family receive my unconditional love and support. For everyone else, including drivers, it's conditional. If a certain driver screws up, I try to face it, might even comment on it. Heck, I still worship the ground Gilles Villeneuve walked on, yet I freely admit he had flaws as a driver.
So I sometimes wonder what some passionate fans find in my position, where one day I could praise driver "X", yet 24 hours later lambaste that same driver for some incident. But please, don't label me a hater, I love the sport and drivers just too much. Just think of me as someone who does not practice unconditional love or support for any driver.
Now, back to the original thread ... driving standards. The thing is, there are standards, and everyone knows what they are, and who enforces them. Yup, our buddies in the FIA. So I do understand fans wanting to discuss certain incidents and try to get into the head of Mr Hamilton, when it comes to driving standards they are already enforced by the FIA, and like it or not, when they state that "driver "X" comitted this offence and will be punished in a specific way, it really is the final statement, because no one pushes them around in this area.
In fact, because the FIA can come down incredibly hard against any driver attempting to insult them in any way, expect a very quick retraction and apology from Mr Hamilton. When he got out of his car he was, in poker terms "full tilt" and said some dumb things he wishes he never uttered. It's the old "constipation of the brain and diahhrea of the mouth" syndrome that temporarily affected him.
Racing should be decided on the track, not the court room.
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