Joe Pineapples
Distinguished Member
Channel 4 Highlights
Saturday Qualifying 7:30pm-9:00pm
Sunday Race 6:30pm-9:00pm
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How many races are channel 4 showing live this season? There has only been 1 or 2 so far hasn't there?
It keeps the wife happy that I'm not "wasting" a day by watching the race at midday but it's hard to avoid the result before getting to the highlights show.Just the one (Silverstone 1st race)
Even though I've been watching motorsport for decades this is, somehow, a new circuit to me! (I knew it existed - just don't recall watching any events held there; we don't watch the bikes)
How is it appalling?Yup, keep politics out of sport. If I switch on early, I turn off out of principle when they do the appalling kneeling thing.
Since you asked...How is it appalling?
The issue is very real. Why would someone, who has also faced discrimination due to his race, not use a platform to help make people more aware?Since you asked...
1) It's bringing politics into sport
2) I dislike people kneeling to anybody else - it's a form of self-abasement that I do not think is appropriate, people should be equal and respect each other on their two feet
3) It feels like Hamilton has strong-armed the rest of the drivers into doing it
4) The association with BLM / Antifa and the violence that is still occurring in the US
I get why some fans want to keep whatever sport about that sport only. I do not agree American policing is inherently a political subject. Politicians have a role to play sure, but that goes for nearly every aspect of life. There are some issues that cut through party colours. They are about humanity and what kind of society we want for each other.1) It's bringing politics into sport
Since you asked...
1) It's bringing politics into sport
I fully support Hamilton's right to promote anti-racism using the platform that he has built, but I don't think it should intrude too much into the sport itself.
In that case, you'll be pleased to learn that they aren't kneeing to anybody else. This article explains why Kaepernick (who Hamilton is emulating) knelt during the national anthem, rather than sit it out, which is what he originally did.2) I dislike people kneeling to anybody else - it's a form of self-abasement that I do not think is appropriate, people should be equal and respect each other on their two feet
It is often forgotten that his initial protest was to remain seated for the national anthem, mirroring a 1996 protest by the NBA basketball player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, who took the same action citing US tyranny.
It was Nate Boyer, a white former NFL player and army veteran, who advised Kaepernick to take a knee instead of sitting down. Boyer told National Public Radio: “In my opinions and in my experience, kneeling’s never been in our history really seen as a disrespectful act. I mean, people kneel when they get knighted. You kneel to propose to your wife, and you take a knee to pray. And soldiers often take a knee in front of a fallen brother’s grave to pay respects. So I thought, if anything, besides standing, that was the most respectful.”
Yes but you were saying it was appalling, which it isn't. You may not fully agree with what is being done, but it is important to do it and it's for the right reasons.I fully support Hamilton's right to promote anti-racism using the platform that he has built, but I don't think it should intrude too much into the sport itself.