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Originally Posted by Thymeclock
So is there an implication that they shouldn't be allowed?
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I don't believe there is an implication that motorsports should be banned; rather an illustration of the dichotomy of our culture's desire to both conserve and be entertained.
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It's remarkable that whenever the economy turns sour people turn to proposing bans and prohibitions, advancing a sentiment that "a thing like that shouldn't be allowed!"
Welcome to the incubator of authoritarianism. 
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Usually the things that "shouldn't be allowed" are the things we do not possess ourselves, or find little interest in. "People shouldn't have millions of dollars because I don't have millions of dollars". "NASCAR should be banned because it doesn't interest me- oh, and it pollutes."