The question must be asked whether it is acceptable to limit people's free will to participate in/watch such a race because of some stupid, idealist 21st century fashion, rejecting TRADITION, PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, BASIC HUMAN BEHAVIOUR of COMPETITIVENESS.
Life is sometimes a hard, cruel and dangerous thing, it's better to get used to it. Most people do. Normally in childhood.
We might be sophisticated, reasonable beings, but we are all flesh and bone, with the needs of it. Forgetting or denying that is a mistake.
Posted: 11/03/2010 at 10:13