Now you're just getting nasty!
> The sport is no longer relevant
The sport is no longer a 'sport'...as if it ever was.
> I spend enough time on the continent to tell you that
there is a limited
> audience there, too. Let it die a natural death and
let's see what
> grows up to replace it.
Probably good advice. Perhaps I'm just too old and want
back 'the old ways', as Miss Marple says.
I wonder if our parents felt this same way, or is this
unique? If so, is it a game-changing mega-trend, as the
cultural geographers say? In the '30s a motorcar was a luxury
and one needed to be a mechanic, or rich enough to employ one,
to operate the machine. By the '60, at least in the U.S.,
every family owned a car and corner garages kept them running.
By the '80s the beasts were considered dirty and dangerous so
multiple defenses were added. In the 21st century, motorcars
are questionably necessary major appliances but owning one is
an entitlement - like free government money, housing, food
stamp cards and healthcare. Oh, and high speed internet, smart
phones and tablets. Can't buy food or pay child support but
they have a Facebook page! Now THAT is a mega-trend. Our
parents' generation may have been poor but they prioritized
food and child care first.
Motorsport is dangerous so lots of protection has to be
added. We seem to have realized that civilization must be safe
and our inate desire for carnage and competition has to be
satesfied elsewhere. How about a team (tribe) of football
players (warriers) egged on by fight songs and blood thirsty
cheers, competing on the field of battle for breeding rights
over the cheerleaders?! Yes! Natural Selection wins another
one! Now if fantasy football could just replace the actual
games, perhaps with computer generated decisions, everyone
would be safer. Racers could compete on their smart phones -
or if adequately wealthy, have someone wiggle their thumbs for
them. And in the end, award double points for their entitled
entertainment!
> YMMV,
> Erik
Indeed it does, Dr. Erik
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