http://www.avaaz.org/en/no_f1_in_brutal_bahrain/?slideshow I think it's disgusting that they would even consider going there, but money has no conscience and that's all the powers-that-be care about.
Felt I had to do my duty here: P.S. How do I make this image viewable at a decent size without needing people to click on the image?!
No idea, if you have somewhere online you can upload images to (flickr, photobucket, facebook might even work), do it there and then link the image URL, otherwise I don't think its possible.
You can upload images to your not606 profile albums and link to those using the please log in to view this image
Aah, thanks Genji. I'd not thought of that. I'm sure I managed to get images at full size once before in this forum without doing that, but I couldn't remember how! Anyway, I'll try your trick since this is something for posterity in any case and is something I do not have any concerns about by publishing in an album. Cheers.
I think you can make your albums private. Not sure if you can then link to their contents from a post, though.
The Bahrain GP has been on the calender since 2005 and I do not recall reading the above posters complaining about it until now. Presumably the F1 cars run on petrol sourced exclusively from purely democratic countries. What's next on your problem solving boycott list? Israel and Palestine do not host F1 GPs so obviously that particular problem can carry on with out any interference from the F1 gang.
I'm a bit hesitant giving out my details on the Internet now after Sony getting attacked and all. So I'm not signing anything that might screw me in the long run etc... You have my vote, but I ain't signing nothing.
Just back here after some urgent rhetoric elsewhere. Firstly, my thanks to our resident Genjius for his help, but I cannot see how to create an album, never mind upload something to it! - Would appreciate even more help: how do I do it?! Why is there no simple "Create Album" option? - or is it that there is but for some reason it's hidden from me? Various on line petitions and reaction to the FIA's decision is causing a major, and thoroughly more urgent distraction. Back later…
Albums should be on the sidebar on the left side of your profile. Somewhere in all this there's a connection between the behaviour of the Bahrain government and programmes like MK-ULTRA.
But this was because people were largely unaware of the problem RI isn't it? Since 2005, it will not have escaped your notice that the political landscape has not only changed but become far more high profile. And the fact that the F1 following is becoming so vocal about it is a direct result of its ignorance in the first place. F1 unwittingly became involved in the politics; and for this reason it is ever more essential that, as a body, F1 speaks up loudly about this now and distances itself from being drawn in ever further!
Why single out Bahrain? Sporting events take place all over the world without complaint. Are you going to complain about every single venue that is hosted in a state that politically does not meet your own personal standards? The author of this thread is highly dismissive of the ability of females. His attitude would probably be welcome in the country he is complaining about. If a woman from Bahrain got a F1 drive then the OP would beg us to sign a petition to ban her.
With respect, RI, you seem to be missing the point from F1's perspective. F1 is now being used as a pawn in a political game to further the aims and desires of others on an international scale; a far bigger scale than has ever happened before. In no way am I condoning F1's appearance elsewhere or otherwise. That is not the issue here at all, since elsewhere F1 has not been used as a platform for high-profile political clout. This is a very serious matter for F1 now and involves no other country since no other country is threatening to use F1 to further its own despotic ends. Besides, even if F1 IS being used as a political platform elsewhere (which it is not), it should need to make a stand at some point shouldn't it? i.e. it needs to start somewhere. But as I have said, F1 is not being used like this elsewhere. After all, when all's said and done, F1 is fundamentally a 'sport' (in spite of the way it often shoots itself in the foot in this sense), and sport should distance itself from politics wherever possible.
please log in to view this image Genji: yes! Obviously you can do something I can't. I've clicked that little icon (numerous times) and pasted the URL http://www.not606.com/album.php?albumid=272&attachmentid=3764 but nothing appears. Is this the same URL you used? (Not that it really matters any more!)
There is no word to express your childish stupidity for that statement. a woman driving, if she was good enough, ok, but to compare that to the murder of an oppressed people is frankly disgusting.
Talking about boycotting countries involved in the murder of oppressed people, how is England getting on against Sri Lanka? Obviously the murder of some Tamils is not considered important enough because F1 does not go there.
Miggins - you stated that women were not good enough to enter F1 and you repeatedly listed reason why they are, as a gender, inferior to men. You never put forward the view that it was possible for a woman to race in F1. I posted that women could be good in F1 if they started karting at 8 and received adequate support and coaching.
