Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Dakar Rallye (Ferrari Digest, Vol 18, Issue 7)

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In a message dated 1/7/2008 5:16:52 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com writes:

I just  hate blackmail ---



Larry:
 
I agree with you on principle, but are the participants, and the  governments 
of the countries through which the race proceeds willing to "man up"  to the 
challenge. Remember, something like this would require the racers to  provide 
firearms (with the permission of the host countries, of course) of  sufficient 
magnitude and quantity for personal protection and the host  governments 
themselves, many of whom may be sympathetic to the Islamic Jihad  Sects, must 
be 
equally willing to provide military escorts for the racers on the  race course 
as well as tracking and protecting those who may get lost (I know  this will 
never happen, but just in case) also with sufficient firepower to  defeat any 
Jihadist and to prevent such things as roadside IED's (which are the  nemesis 
of our troops in the region). Apparently, the only way to safely  participate 
in this race is in an old WWII HalfTrack vehicle, or an MRAP (better  yet a 
Buffalo or Cougar, but you just think an MRAP will be expensive) with  American 
(or their home country) satellite and UAV support.
 
If and when those conditions are met, not only would I love to do Paris to  
Dakar, but I'd "man up" to doing a passage of the Khyber Pass in Afghanistan,  
just to totally piss off the folks that used to be our friends (or at least  
something like the "enemy of my enemy is my friend) the Taliban, who with our  
assistance kicked the Soviet's ass out of Afghanistan.
 
Then again, lets see, killing off the drug lords, stoning to death  
adulterous wives, divorces that are cost-free (except for perhaps a donkey for  
your 
ex-wife to ride home to her family in disgrace)and  as simple as going  to the 
town square and publicly declaring yourself to be divorced from your  offending 
spouse three (3) times and some other provisions of 14th Century Islam  may 
not be as bad as advertised. Heck, some of the folks on our list might even  
still have their Ferraris under those laws. I guess this might mean that I lose 
 
some face with our more liberal and female members, but then again, they 
should  be at least amenable to postulating on an intellectual plane.
 
Dr. Steve
[who also believes in Waterboarding an entire population if and when  
necessary, to save the life of one (remember that I did not say "just  one") 
soldier, 
having had to write a young soldier's next of kin that  terrible "letter" 
when someone else's moral folly has failed him (or now her as  well) on four 
(4) 
separate occasions in a war that we as a society now wish to  forget]]  

1964 Rolls  Royce Silver Cloud III...........1975 Pontiac GV Conv.
1980 MB  450SL...................................1982 RR Corniche
1985 MB 280 GE  G-Wagen..................1988 Rolls Royce Silver Spur
1990 Cadillac "Eagle"  Hearse................1994 F-350 Powerstroke 4x4 
1995 Ferrari 348  Spyder........................1996 Bronco
2000 Lincoln Town  Car..........................2004 Excursion
and a
1976 HAHN- WARNER &  SWASEY- DUPLEX DIVISION HOWE APPARTUS. THE MODEL #R400 
FIRE TRUCK w/a 100' Tower  System
(+ Audrey's 2x MB's)


Dr. Stephen B. Spies, CES,  CFI
Director, Forensic Sciences Laboratory
Explosives Engineering  Technologies

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