Very well said Joe.... and your comment really is correct... I know the
amount of respect we have for each other is Huge.... and to allow an E-mail
make you mad is silly.... but it's honestly Very Real.... Sometimes we
forget that there are faces behind each of these names... and that they too
have feelings that can and Do get hurt....
I have the utmost respect for racers in general at every level... and if we
were talking in Person.... I could see how a comment effected them.... but
with this medium we have to THINK before we speak... so as not to offend...
it's one of the things that is so great about this list.... we really do
have the ability to disagree on an issue that some of us find important and
some of us don't... we can all air our feelings and attitude without
offending so long as we understand there are REAL people sitting there
reading it....
Good for you Joe.... I enjoyed reading your Mail.... Keith
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> From: Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
> To: "\"LandSpeed\" Louise Ann Noeth" <lanspeed@west.net>
> Cc: Jonathan Amo <webmaster@landracing.com>; Landspeed
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: International Records
> Date: Friday, February 02, 2001 4:27 PM
>
> Louise, others. Whew, I think I am like Howard N. in becoming full of
> the rhetoric. I think it was better, when I left my trap shut and just
> showed up to try and go fast, among the people I enjoy the most.
> As lately this dialogue has resulted in emails of heat some on list some
> off,
> from folks that I admire too much too risk alienation.
>
> There are many differences of opinion regarding many principles.
>
> Maybe if the FIA knew about and was invited to the cookout
> "at the bend in the road", things could be different, Landracing.com
> will look into it.
>
> Joe (FIA is good, UPS is good, my wife is good, cleansing breaths are
> good...) Amo
>
>
>
> \"LandSpeed\" Louise Ann Noeth wrote:
>
> > Joe
> >
> > The FIA is the oldest and most respected sanctioning body, since the
> > turn of century. Just because some people don't like them, doesn't
> > diminish their very influential role in lsr history -- which predates
> > even SCTA by a couple of decades. Although this in an amateur sport,
> > when you seek world recognition, there are layers of management and
> > authority to sort thorough and that takes money to run and maintain.
> >
> > I appreciate anyone who runs at speeds that exceed current records,
> > but a time slip does not a record make -- the independent
> > certification process is the only way to say for sure that a record
> > has been set, anything less is just talk. Two very important points, I
> > am sure you agree, are the clock certification and the engine
> > inspection after the runs.
> >
> > Having been involved with motorsports up to my eyeballs for 30
> > (yikes!) years, I have seen plenty of "records" evaporate when the
> > certification process was invoked. And yes, some don't give a fig
> > about the certification process, like Hal Needham and that "one-way"
> > rocket claim. If we sympathize with your logic, then we have embrace
> > Needham as well.
> >
> > BTW, the "any record" phrase was a future tense comment, not directed
> > to you in anyway, the postulation is generic unless specifically
> > noted.
> >
> > You lost me with the comment about your spouse . . .
> >
> > I have only 4 of those motorcycle books left. You may buy them from me
> > if you like, they are $20. each, plus shipping (approx. $3.50)
> >
> > Speedy Regards,
> >
> > "LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
> >
> > LandSpeed Productions
> > Telling stories with words and pictures
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>
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