Man talk about Paranoid old Farts!!!!!!! Just cause
you see some Guys under the age of 35 hanging out its
a "Gang". What when you were younger and hanging out
with friends at the local church dreaming about
racing.....ohhh Im sorry you DID have illegal street
racing since the 50's.....If it was OK for you then
then whats the problem now.... All those times you
were called a gang od hoodlums just cause you liked
cars also.....So dont put the new generation of racers
down because you got left behind with times.
And Auto-Crossing can use some new blood.....Face it
Imports are in to stay.
Flame all you want now.
--- Alan Pozner <apozner@ptd.net> wrote:
> You have less than 2 hours to cast your vote to stop
> this deadly menace to
> our sport. Please, please please petition the
> filmmakers now to remove all
> mentions of SOLO II from their upcoming release.
>
> Send your emails now to avril@uno.com Mention that
> you are following up for
> Roger.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Roger Johnson <rjohnson@friendlynet.com>
> To: Team.Net (Group) <autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 9:16 PM
> Subject: "The Fast & The Furious" - bad news for
> autocross
>
>
> > A quick note from Peter Raymond got me
> investigating this
> > upcoming movie (to be released mid-June), and the
> certain
> > implications for Solo II:
> >
> > The Fast & The Furious
> >
> > Take a look at the website, and the trailer. In
> short, this movie
> > glorifies street racing, gang life, and thru
> something akin
> > to 'product placement', Solo II. In my opinion,
> two of those
> > items are NOT things to promote as wholesome
> activities,
> > and we need to find out who was responsible for
> associating
> > our sport with such a film.
> >
> > This time, the recruitment efforts have gone WAY
> too far. It
> > is clear to me that using this movie to reach the
> type of person
> > that is portrayed in the movie, as potential Solo
> II competitors,
> > will change the face of Solo II forever, giving us
> the taint of
> > an outlaw, gang-related sport.
> >
> > Will we want to continue to bring our children to
> events?
> > Will we need to worry constantly about the
> security of our
> > possessions?
> > Will physical intimidation and violence pervade
> the events?
> > Will we be forced to hire armed security guards to
> keep
> > peace at events?
> >
> > It is terrible enough to have the Canadians and
> the E/P entries;
> > they are enough of a bad influence. I say "no
> more"!
> >
> > Join me in fighting this menace - a petition for
> the Directors
> > of SCCA is online at:
> >
> > www.lirpaloof.com
> >
> > Log in and sign up, for the good of the sport.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Roger (Ohio) Johnson
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