Where is the line between brave and stupid? Or is there one?

[Berkut]

like all political correctness, the inability to say the truth out loud leads to a lot of confused thinking and decision-making.

Quoted for posterity.

[celedhring]

I'm not sure what's "politically correct" about striving to reduce deaths in sport. It's just correct.

[grumbler]

I'm not sure what's "politically correct" about striving to reduce deaths in sport. It's just correct.

I think the point he is making is that political correctness forbids mentioning the truth that it is the possibility of a crash (not a death, but a crash) that makes motor sports thrilling for many, if not most, of its fans.

[garbon]

When it comes to motorsports, it's an aberration, and probably a defiant reaction against the general trend.  Pretty much everywhere else you go to the other extreme:  "safety is absolutely the most important goal in motorsports".  In which case why does the sport still exist?   No matter how safe racing is, it's even safer to just not race at all. 

I've no idea.

[DGuller]

like all political correctness, the inability to say the truth out loud leads to a lot of confused thinking and decision-making.

Quoted for posterity.

Have I ever said anything different in that regard?

[DGuller]

I'm not sure what's "politically correct" about striving to reduce deaths in sport. It's just correct.

I think the point he is making is that political correctness forbids mentioning the truth that it is the possibility of a crash (not a death, but a crash) that makes motor sports thrilling for many, if not most, of its fans.

Exactly.

[CountDeMoney]

When it comes to motorsports, it's an aberration, and probably a defiant reaction against the general trend.  Pretty much everywhere else you go to the other extreme:  "safety is absolutely the most important goal in motorsports".  In which case why does the sport still exist?   No matter how safe racing is, it's even safer to just not race at all.

They're getting paid, and in some cases exorbitant amounts of money, to engage in an activity risking an outcome that we engage in on a daily basis for free.   

Nobody's sponsoring my ass to get put into the wall by a Vietnamese bikini wax technician in a Nissan Murano on New Hampshire Avenue.  I'd sell space on a quarter panel for that.

[celedhring]

I'm not sure what's "politically correct" about striving to reduce deaths in sport. It's just correct.

I think the point he is making is that political correctness forbids mentioning the truth that it is the possibility of a crash (not a death, but a crash) that makes motor sports thrilling for many, if not most, of its fans.

Fair enough.

Sponsors are terrified of those, though. So it's not just PC, it's business.

[Berkut]

like all political correctness, the inability to say the truth out loud leads to a lot of confused thinking and decision-making.

Quoted for posterity.

Have I ever said anything different in that regard?

Nope.

[DGuller]

like all political correctness, the inability to say the truth out loud leads to a lot of confused thinking and decision-making.

Quoted for posterity.

Have I ever said anything different in that regard?

Nope.

Usually people say that when they expect to use someone's words against them down the road.

[Berkut]

like all political correctness, the inability to say the truth out loud leads to a lot of confused thinking and decision-making.

Quoted for posterity.

Have I ever said anything different in that regard?

Nope.

Usually people say that when they expect to use someone's words against them down the road.

True, but that was not my intent in this particular case.