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ruggedhawk20 said:Yeah, I get it, but that’s just how I roll—it’s my whole vibe. If you take that away, you might as well take everything. Fine, I promise I won't go after the users here, but poking fun at drivers, mechanics, designers, or team bosses—in a classy, stylistic way—is a compromise I’m totally willing to make.
Anyway, stop nitpicking and just watch some Can-Am 🙂
Give me a break.
Besides, in the real world, guys like me can say "god damn" or whatever else we want as often as we feel like it. Seriously, go ahead and count how many times this gentleman says "god damn"—now imagine if I cursed like that on this forum. I'd be banned instantly. Actually, I probably already am. It’s tough for me because I’m big on free speech and being able to express myself, but here we have all this strict discipline, like we're living in some ultra-conservative convent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&fe...&v=UT2G0iRwxaI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=susdiHJ4Vuo
By the way, this link features the legendary team owner and mechanic Smokey Yunick, whose crews used to compete in IndyCar and NASCAR.
- And at 2:20 in the second video, there's even a slight racial slur—but nobody calls him out for it.
And at 3:40, there's even a nationalist jab with "German asshole."
My point is, what one person considers an insult, another sees as free speech—it all depends on what you grew up with. If you were raised in a monastery or some regime that punishes free expression, this stuff looks shocking. But if you've lived in a free country like America for even a year, you see these things differently; it's actually just freedom of speech, not an insult. A real insult would be bringing up someone's mother for no reason or making crude comments about her body when she isn't even part of the conversation. That's an insult. But mentioning skin color or something slightly edgy regarding political correctness? That's just a little provocation in a good spirit. I've never said anything nasty about Hamilton—I haven't insulted his family or attacked his mental capacity. I just mentioned the shine he puts off. Hope you get it!
Check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F2LrKoYXMk
For example, when he "insults" Bill France (the big boss of NASCAR) by saying it would take four years of schooling to earn an "idiot's license"—tell me, is that guy a genius or an offender? Should someone like that be allowed to speak publicly or just banned? The answer is pretty obvious.
Some people are just wired to talk this way. I just wanted to say that—look at the bigger picture. If Joe uses a little colorful language once in a while, you should view it through the lens of his free expression rather than calling it an insult or whatever else.
Night, I'm heading to bed.
