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Re: Kudos to NAP and Mark Sipe

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Subject: Re: Kudos to NAP and Mark Sipe
From: "Wally Strzelec" <Wally@Tamu.edu>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 02:24:28 -0500
From: Mark Sipe <TeamZ3@aol.com>

> only to myself, but also disgraces the sport I love the most.  While I may
> not necessarily share the same opinion as Mr. Duncan on certain Solo2
issues,
> in no way should any disagreement between us be interpreted as a lack of
> respect for a man whom I hold high esteem.  I can think of nobody else in
the
> sport of autocross who has been more selflessly dedicated and devoted than
> Howard Duncan.

I think that this is a very good paragraph.  Thank you.

From: Phil Ethier <pethier@isd.net>

> The term "safety nazi" is pretty common in motorsports.  It implies a

> For anyone to take offense, they would have to conclude that the user was
> implying that a person supported the reprehensible policies of the
National
> Socialist Party a half-century ago.  The murder of 12 million unarmed
> civilians is a fact that speaks for itself as pure evil.  It seems absurd
to
> me that anyone could think that we don't all know the difference.

Say what???  I take offense in its usage because *I feel* that it is
implying that as a SSS, I am keeping people from having fun.  The *last*
thing that I want to do is keep people from having fun!  I agree with much
of what was written, but do not like being generalized as someone that is
taking the fun out of the sport.

-Wally




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