Max Mosley opens a can of worms.

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Originally Posted by Knock-on

Sorry Pino but I agree.

Can't see any hint of Racism at all and it seems a fair point to compare the comparitive sizes of the Romanian and American / German motoring organisations and their respective improtance to Motorsport in general.

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More nationalism than racism in any case. I didn't know Romania and Bulgaria were populated by different "races"...

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Am I missing the subliminal racist remark? Likeing a post and not likeing it are hitherto niether here or there, if no forum rules have been broken, surely?

As a mod, you canoot let your personal bias get in the way of your delegated function. :confused:

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Does chauvinistic sound any better to you?!
Chauvinist and racist are just the same thing, only the reasons are slightly different.

But let's not get down to Doorslamer's level.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Does chauvinistic sound any better to you?!
Chauvinist and racist are just the same thing, only the reasons are slightly different.

But let's not get down to Doorslamer's level.

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Oh lordy, here we go again. Enough already.

Monaro Doorslammer was using the various sizes/populations/demographics of different countries to make a fair and valid point.

Ioan, you are always so on the defensive, that you are looking for little 'digs' at you or your country which quite frankly are just not there mate.

The world and his rabbit are not against you, honest. ;)

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Originally Posted by ioan

Does chauvinistic sound any better to you?!
Chauvinist and racist are just the same thing, only the reasons are slightly different.

But let's not get down to Doorslamer's level.

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Luckily it's nowhere near as low as you can get with some of your wise words.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Does chauvinistic sound any better to you?!
Chauvinist and racist are just the same thing, only the reasons are slightly different.

But let's not get down to Doorslamer's level.

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Chauvinistic, in the way you are using it, relates to blind patriotism.

I don't think there was any reference to Doorslammers country was there.

The fact you don't agree with his point is no reason to slur the bloke and resort to personal comments is it?

I think that there is a very valid point comparing the size and influence of a representitve member against their voting powers, don't you?

I don't give a Tom Tit what the actual country is, just what power they represent.

If you're looking for anyone on here that is remotely racist in their comments, I suggest you speak with Tazio who dismisses any opinion contray to his as some sort of Ango conspiracy. Quite what the point is that he's trying to make is unclear but he keeps coming out with these rediculous statements.

Now, can we forget the silly accusations and get back to the subject?

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Originally Posted by Knock-on

Chauvinistic, in the way you are using it, relates to blind patriotism.

I don't think there was any reference to Doorslammers country was there.

The fact you don't agree with his point is no reason to slur the bloke and resort to personal comments is it?

I think that there is a very valid point comparing the size and influence of a representitve member against their voting powers, don't you?

I don't give a Tom Tit what the actual country is, just what power they represent.

If you're looking for anyone on here that is remotely racist in their comments, I suggest you speak with Tazio who dismisses any opinion contray to his as some sort of Ango conspiracy. Quite what the point is that he's trying to make is unclear but he keeps coming out with these rediculous statements.

Now, can we forget the silly accusations and get back to the subject?

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Quite right. Now f1boat, you may continue...

I saw no racism either. Saying that one nation is larger or holds more sway than another is perfectly acceptable. I would say that Swaziland is a smaller player within the international community than is France. I don't consider that to be racist towards Swaziland.

Once again, I think there is a bit of faux outrage going on here based on other disagreements between members.

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Originally Posted by Mickey T

Rule out Switzerland, because by law, you cannot hold a car race there.

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I think, and I may be wrong, that Switzerland lifted the ban in '06. Can't for the life of me remember where on Autosport I saw that referred to, might have been in the Journal, discussing Monaco and the downtrend in spending/advertising.

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Originally Posted by Monaro Doorslammer

Racism? I don't see any. I'm asking a perfectly reasonable question about their respective countries and their activities that allow a vote to count as the same.

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Ok it was not racism, but in both posts you were disparaging (kind of) those Countries, and members could be offended, hence my request to you. Case over, now back to the topic please :)

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

I think, and I may be wrong, that Switzerland lifted the ban in '06. Can't for the life of me remember where on Autosport I saw that referred to, might have been in the Journal, discussing Monaco and the downtrend in spending/advertising.

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They considered it, it was voted off I believe.