A nation which invented the caste system criticised a nation which had apartheid. It would be funny if it were not they were both tragedies.
Bahrain GP Debate
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While as the nation who invented the concentration camp, the British lecture about human rights!
All nations have skeletons in their cupboards. We should criticise our own nations as well as other nations when these things happen.
The only nations who have a clean slate, as we have previously mentioned, are to small to actually repress anyone. Except, of course, the Vatican.
Blog Zbod
Podium Finisher
Pit Pass dot Com is reporting some locals are buying homes outside of Bahrain, moving funds out of the country, and have an open-ended airline ticket at the ready in case the level of violence convinces them they need to flee the country. But one has to wonder how many are able to afford a second (or third ...or fourth) home outside the country.
A pile of Lords (is that the correct term) are calling for Bahrain to be cancelled again due to unrest in the region.
Looks like the snooze fest in the sand may be off again in 2012.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/16962812
Looks like the snooze fest in the sand may be off again in 2012.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/16962812
It's only seven Lords, not much to leap about.
If only the average dictator understood that you don't need weapons to suppress the populace!
More people turned up last year than 2010!
Kewee
Race Winner
Have you ever stopped to wonder why? Maybe Bernie should ask himself the same question. I find his comment that Bahrain has far fewer problems than the rest of the Middle East somewhat bewildering. When you look at whats happening right across the region, that's hardly a recommendation for the GP to take place. To be perfectly honest, I think the decision on whether the Bahrain GP stays on the calendar this year should be taken out of the hands of a man who has such a huge financial interest in the event.
It is none of this that will matter when it comes to the GP. The issue is going to be the ever present Home Office Travel Guidance. Should that guidance ever state the immortal words of "only travel if absolutely necessary" or the even worse "advise all UK citizens against travel to the area" then the race will be called off, not because of political reasons but because the cost to Bernie and the FIA could be astronomical.
The reason for this is purely down to insurance. No travel or foreign worker insurance will cover the team members, drivers and support staff for travelling to a country where the home office have issued negative guidance. This means that if the FIA and Bernie try to force the teams to attend then any issues while in the country will be their liability, and I don't think they want to run even the slightest risk of a driver or senior team member being involved in an "accident" where they would carry the financial can. Simple economics will win at the end of the day, and until the HO decide to man up and be honest about foreign travel then we are stuck with the GP being held....
The reason for this is purely down to insurance. No travel or foreign worker insurance will cover the team members, drivers and support staff for travelling to a country where the home office have issued negative guidance. This means that if the FIA and Bernie try to force the teams to attend then any issues while in the country will be their liability, and I don't think they want to run even the slightest risk of a driver or senior team member being involved in an "accident" where they would carry the financial can. Simple economics will win at the end of the day, and until the HO decide to man up and be honest about foreign travel then we are stuck with the GP being held....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17025148
Welcome to Bahrain land of the free...oh no wait...
Welcome to Bahrain land of the free...oh no wait...
This whole saga is a joke. When the race was axed last year it should have signaled the end of GP racing in Bahrain for a long time. Now when they drop it this year we're going to have a massive gap in the calendar, with almost two full months between "proper" GP.
China - April 15
Bahrain
Spain*
Monaco*
Canada - June 10
Maybe they can just run Bahrain on their simulators.
China - April 15
Spain*
Monaco*
Canada - June 10
Maybe they can just run Bahrain on their simulators.
Not to take away from the seriousness of this thread, but I can just imagine what would happen if they ran it on the simulators lol:
or
Personally I think the race should go ahead. I haven't been following too closely but I'm not sure the events of today in Bahrain are so much worse than some things that are happening in Europe at the moment, or in Tottenham at the end of last year..
or
Personally I think the race should go ahead. I haven't been following too closely but I'm not sure the events of today in Bahrain are so much worse than some things that are happening in Europe at the moment, or in Tottenham at the end of last year..
landogeorgelewis1
Champion Elect
This is taking far to long to make a decision on Bahrain. Why can't there just call it off once and for all and add Turkey back to the calendar SIMPLES.
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