Danica Snubbed at Opening of Daytona 500?

[cosworth151]

That was pretty much my point. The degradation and objectification of girls and young women is even worse than that. Maybe that is "just the way things are," but don't expect me to pretend that it isn't an unspeakable evil.

[Dare]

It's a sad and different world than what you and the older
people here and me were brought up in.What 12 year olds
know now we had never heard of.Back when we were
kids divorced parents were a rarity and relationships now
are broken up at the slightest whim.

I'm just glad I'm not a kid having to be raised up in
this world.It's hard enough  living in it

[Jericoke]

It's a sad and different world than what you and the older
people here and me were brought up in.What 12 year olds
know now we had never heard of.Back when we were
kids divorced parents were a rarity and relationships now
are broken up at the slightest whim.

I'm just glad I'm not a kid having to be raised up in
this world.It's hard enough  living in it

The kids will be fine, despite the adults.

They always are.

We aren't going to have a generation of half naked women drivers any more than we have a generation of bootleggers driving for NASCAR.  The groundwork might be ugly, but once it's done, everyone moves on.

Some other 'abomination' will come along, and racing will either survive it, or vanish, depending on who's in charge at the time.

[Ian]

Totally agree with you're last sentence Jeri.

[lkjohnson1950]

First, interdiction is really not very successful. The best proof of that is that street prices are relatively stable.  A friend of mine was #2 in the Border Patrol in the Tucson sector some years ago and he said he reckoned they found and stopped only about 10% of what came over the border. In the years since they have undoubtedly improved, but I bet it's still under 25%. Second we are just beginning to understand what addiction is and how it works. It is not the same for everyone. If we spent on honest drug education and treatment even half of what we spend on enforcement we would probably save more people. Legalizing it, sending addicts to a Doctor rather than a pusher, would eliminate the cartels and all the crime and violence they cause. And if the big drug companies sold coke, weed etc, they might be able to reduce the cost of the drugs the rest of us take to please our Doctors.

[cosworth151]

The kids will be fine, despite the adults.

They always are.

I have a 13 year old grand daughter who has to live with the consequences of this kind of thing every day. I can't afford to be quite so flip about it.

[Jericoke]

The kids will be fine, despite the adults.

They always are.

I have a 13 year old grand daughter who has to live with the consequences of this kind of thing every day. I can't afford to be quite so flip about it.

I'm not being flip about it.

I see far too many mountains being made out of molehills.  Kids aren't allowed to make mistakes any more.  You think Danica is wrong?  Tell your granddaughter that.  Have a discussion about why it's wrong. 

At the end of the day, whatever she sees on TV pales to what she sees, or hears, from the people she knows best.

So, even though the world is filled with adults who act like anything but adults (especially the sports world!), as long as the important adults make the effort, the kids will be fine.