First tobacco sponsorship, now it's alcohol..............
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The most suprising thing is that it's starting in Australia, with the V8 Supercars !
Oh Lord, here come the next do-gooders
It has long been feared in motor racing circles that as soon as tobacco was out of the way the world's do-gooders would turn their attention to attacking alcohol advertising because they believe that alcohol is bad if one drinks too much of it.
This is not rocket science.
Australian politicians are now calling for alcohol sponsorship to be banned at the Clipsal 500 V8 motor race in Adelaide. South Australian Democrat MP Sandra Kanck says that having spirit and wine companies associated with motor racing promote the combination of alcohol and fast driving.
One might argue that supermarkets should be banned from sponsoring cars as well because there are some people in the world who eat too much and others who drive and eat at the same time and thus cause accidents. The same can be said for mobile phones. They should be banned because people drive with them and crash into things.
And there are even those who argue that do-gooding MPs should be banned because they make normal sane people so angry that they lose control of their cars.
GrandPrix.com said:
Oh Lord, here come the next do-gooders
It has long been feared in motor racing circles that as soon as tobacco was out of the way the world's do-gooders would turn their attention to attacking alcohol advertising because they believe that alcohol is bad if one drinks too much of it.
This is not rocket science.
Australian politicians are now calling for alcohol sponsorship to be banned at the Clipsal 500 V8 motor race in Adelaide. South Australian Democrat MP Sandra Kanck says that having spirit and wine companies associated with motor racing promote the combination of alcohol and fast driving.
One might argue that supermarkets should be banned from sponsoring cars as well because there are some people in the world who eat too much and others who drive and eat at the same time and thus cause accidents. The same can be said for mobile phones. They should be banned because people drive with them and crash into things.
And there are even those who argue that do-gooding MPs should be banned because they make normal sane people so angry that they lose control of their cars.
I've watched F1 since I was a little boy and never once have I thought I should go and stick a little white cancer stick into my mouth and smoke it, so I never understood the reason to ban that. Also I enjoy a drink from time to time, but wouldn't dream of drinking and driving as I value my licence too much.
Why don't people just leave the sport alone and spend their time trying to sort the real problems out in this world, poverty, western countries steam-rolling through other countries illegally, wasting money on white elephants such as ID cards etc etc...
Why don't people just leave the sport alone and spend their time trying to sort the real problems out in this world, poverty, western countries steam-rolling through other countries illegally, wasting money on white elephants such as ID cards etc etc...
Edited by sdw2003 on Thursday 1st March 12:23
sdw2003 said:
I've watched F1 since I was a little boy and never once have I thought I should go and stick a little white cancer stick into my mouth and smoke it, so I never understood the reason to ban that. Also I enjoy a drink from time to time, but wouldn't dream of drinking and driving as I value my licence too much.
Why don't people just leave the sport alone and spend their time trying to sort the real problems out in this world, poverty, western countries steam-rolling through other countries illegally, wasting money on white elephants such as ID cards etc etc...
Why don't people just leave the sport alone and spend their time trying to sort the real problems out in this world, poverty, western countries steam-rolling through other countries illegally, wasting money on white elephants such as ID cards etc etc...
Don't you get it? They know so much more than we prols do about how we ought to live our lives.
In fact, we know so little, it's amazing that we even grasp how little we know.
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