Simon
> From: John Thornton <jthorn65 at mchsi.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Race Fans & War
> Hopefully the US Grand Prix held in Indy in June
> will be a little
> different. Since it is an international event, more
> so than the 500, I
> guess there is a chance. I do not recall pro-war
> prayers last year. There
> was a prayer but it was of the "keep everyone safe
> and lets hope it ends
> soon" nature. I could have done without it but it
> was no more offensive
> than any christian prayer to me. The US GP held the
> last weekend in Sept.
> just weeks after 9/11 was a little different.
> Literally thousands of
> anti-Saddam t-shirts being offered for sale by local
> street vendors, many
> with offensive racist cartoon images and slogans but
> to the credit of the
> people who came to see the race none were sold that
> I ever saw and nobody
> wore one either. The street vendors appeared to have
> just as many of their
> vile t-shirt and hats at the end of the event as
> they did at the beginning.
> I like to think they lost money buying that crap
> with the hopes that people
> would flock to buy them. It didn't happen. It was
> disappointing to see that
> crap on sale but heartening to see that there seemed
> to be no market for
> it. I'll be disappointed to see to many overt
> pro-war attire being worn but
> The events seem to attract slightly different crowds
> or else they temper
> their nationalistic, racist tendencies when they
> have a greater number of
> guests from overseas.
>
> John Thornton
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