The "Bahrain" decision. Who will call it?

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nitrorocks
It is a fun track, but people can get hurt. F1 is being protected by the government, but the rioters don't seem too happy about that.
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My point exactly!
 
And Preistly updated his Twitter feed a few hours later to say that there was no damage and no injuries. It appears that member of the team simply saw a molotov cocktail being thrown, rather than having it thrown at them.
 
prisonermonkeys
And you think that that is a valid reason for cancelling the race in the face of the protests?

"Oh, hey, Bahrain, we can see your people are all really upset and protesters and police are throwing molotov cocktails and tear gas at one another with equal fervour, but what really concerns us is that if we hold the Grand Prix, the racing isn't going to be very good."

I suppose it's the apolitical course of action I've been calling for, but damn it if it isn't insensitive.
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I've made previous comments on this thread which pretain to my political view on the situation. This was more of a response to what was said above.

They shouldn't go, full-stop. Especially right now.
 
Saw some stuff on the BBC new's that looked sketchy like graffiti that said "dont race on blood" or somthing like that .
 
nitrorocks
Already happening in Bahrain?? :nervous: they just got there.
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The protests have been happening for over a year now. The focus of the protests shifted to the race at the start of the month, and starting from Monday, the country has seen some of the biggest and most-widespread protests ever since the revolution began. And they're only going to get more intense over the next three days, with calls for "three days of rage".
 
Been seeing some stuff like that as well, just saying doesn't feel safe. A Porsche team pulled from the supercar race that goes on before the F1 GP. They did this due to safety issues surrounding the race.
 
prisonermonkeys
The protests have been happening for over a year now. The focus of the protests shifted to the race at the start of the month, and starting from Monday, the country has seen some of the biggest and most-widespread protests ever since the revolution began. And they're only going to get more intense over the next three days, with calls for "three days of rage".
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I know a out the protests. I'm talking about the Force India thing.
 
Well, they are there now. Something major would have to happen for the race to be stopped at this point.

It still isn't right, but it looks like the Commercial Rights Holders get their way..
 
why everybody is freaking out like sukhair is the safest place in bahrain
and if you want to be scared go to the small country (dehh, barbar, draz, sitra,etc)
police are there with heavy armors and stuff like that i go there every week and i am in one piece :)
 
I would find it funny ... if I weren't already laughing at the way it took them this long to come up with some original material instead of their usual recycled jokes.
 
Why do people like this feel the need to get involved? What gives them the right to try and change how I believe. I feel this race should go ahead, but I don't go around ruining everything for those who think it shouldn't.. Btw, the website is up and running as I speak.
 
Not any more its not.

Dunno why anonymous felt the need to get involved, so stupid.
 
Just a quick reminder to everyone that the FIA World Endurance Championship (the Le Mans guys) will also be holding a Bahrain race for 6 straight hours on September 29th this year. That probably won't go too well, either.

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Ah, so Bernie works his magic again. Today F1 has been the number 1 headline on all news channels. I couldn't go anywhere that had a radio on today without hearing various news reports and comments on it.

As ever, bad publicity is good publicity and Bernie is a sucker for it..and the media are suckers for it even more so!

I wouldn't be surprised if the TV ratings for the 2012 Bahrain GP are higher than ever before for previous Bahrain GPs and possibly one of the highest of the this year just because of the massive amount of coverage this event is getting!
 
Blitz24
Well Anonymous had its say:
http://jalopnik.com/5903732/breaking-anonymous-takes-down-formula-1-website-with-ddos-attack
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I think one of the commentators on that article said it best...

Since when does a DDOS attack stop you from being shot or give proper medical care. It's a stupid and pointless gesture, just like everything else Anon does and then beat their chest about. It's a fools errand by people too chickens:censored:t to do anything other than piss and moan about it on the internet and take down websites. A real hack would be to take all of Bernies money and give it to charity. This? Childish ramblings about people with a false sense of humanitarianism. Idiots in other words.
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Acording to former member of parliament for the opposition Al-Wefaq party Jasim Husain when asked if he would rather see the race cancelled he said no and "We need to use this event to promote awareness of the problems facing the country"

So it seems to be a win win situation
 
This is getting out of hand. The Race ought to be stopped. While I support the position that Anon takes in stopping the usage of the F1 website, I still think there are better ways to help.
 
hawkeye122
This is getting out of hand.
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Agreed. I've never seen this much chaos in the build up to a grand prix. Anon should have stayed out of this. Attacking websites because of SOPA I get. Attacking the F1 website, I don't get. What does it have to do with them?
 
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Justin
I think it's time they changed up their routine a little bit, than again I guess taking down a site for a few hours is about as far as you can go without actually getting into trouble.
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Anonymous is inconsistent because of who they are. You can't really support or disagree with anonymous, you can only disagree with the individual acts they do.
Think of anonymous as a tornado: may do some good somewhere, but it's more than likely going to do some bad. That's how I see it anyhow.

Just bringing that out there. 👍
 
Well the British PM is refusing to say they should not race.

But then he has no choice. Bahrain was once part of our empire and thus still extremely close to us as if it is the same agreement we have with most of the other countries we have the power to withdraw that independence and we are in a strong alliance with them.
 
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