I wrote:
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> I hate to say it, but I really think they've done this on purpose because
> they are worried that not enough of the American audience will understand
> the nuances of F1. I think they got this guy in there as sort of a
> stand-in for what they think is the average US fan (do his questions
> sound suspiciously like your clueless neighbor who happened to drop in
> with the race already in progress?).
>
> Just another of those irritating injustices we can't seem to do anything
> about. If we had enough clout to affect it, there would have to be many,
> many of us. If there were many, many of us, it would be *true* that the
> average viewer would need that kind of grade school aqpproach to maintain
> interest.
>
> Rod
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Derek Harling wrote:
>Just a thought - but isn't this just another example of how we have
>lost our way in western civilization? We used to believe in meritocracy
>and it made us great but now we have to scale down to average Joe and
>we are losing our way.
>Oh well - the Greeks and Romans did it before us.
>Hope I can sleep well tonight.
>Derek
Your concerns are certainly shared by me. We see it everywhere. I guess it's
up to each of us to fight the trend by setting high standards anyway and
appreciating greatness even as others may give up and accept mediocrity as the
best they can get (a certain drive train arrangement come to mind ;-) ).
Rod (on life's escalator toward the "common denominator"... I thought communism
had been defeated)
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