Loose Ends

I hate the trope "we need to have that conversation/we're not ready for that conversation"  It's just empty rhetoric. What should I do, phone up all my black and asian friends and say "hey, let's talk about racism guys" I don't think the response would be that positive, in fact, I KNOW the response wouldn't be positive because I know them first and foremost as friends and not as members of a particular group. I know them better than a stranger knows them just because they happen to share the same skin tone. Many have a problem with this, but their problem is not our problem and I wish them well. Let me give you another example. Bernie Ecclestone is known globally by many to be an odious, arrogant, pompous and highly unlikeable man. He's also been in the news regarding his negative view on F1 drivers receiving honours. He's also gone on record saying that Lewis Hamilton should retire now so that he doesn't eclipse Michael Schumachers r...

As far as mainstream sports go, for me Formula 1 ranks right down towards the bottom. I love sport, I love the competition, the battle to be the best, be it in a one-off competition or supreme effort over the course of a season. But my favourite sports are ones that represent a balance of fairness. Football is great, I love it on the international level but not so much on a club level. Can any club really celebrate winning trophy after trophy simply because they have the biggest budget? Many do, but for me personally no. There are many other sports that celebrates winners based on little more than financial clout. It's still sport, but not as interesting. Which is why Formula 1 ranks so low personally for me. When you add something external into a sport (such as a horse or a car) You dilute it's fairness.  As much as I enjoyed British cycling's domination on the track every time the Olympics roll round. It's always tempered with the knowledge that our Brits were also on...