Shad, I think that I can safely say that we can still educate without going into specifics of each race that occurs.
Ultimately, if the purpose of freely allowing street encounters to be discussed is to provide for an opportunity to condemn the act, we would simply have several repetitious posts. Any discussion outside of condemning it would be tantamount to encouraging it.
Even though I didn't make this rule, I can see why allowing repeated discussion of street racing encounters would not make much sense if all we'll be doing is repeating ourselves over and over again of how such activity is frowned upon.
I think that the discussion sparked in this thread is important. It brings to the forefront the reasoning behind why street racing and the discussion of such is frowned upon by this forum. It doesn't discuss any specific race, but the topic of racing itself; a healthy debate that addresses concerns on both sides of this issue.
Disallowing the posting of street racing encounters isn't meant to stick our collective proverbial heads in the proverbial sand. It is meant to send a message that we as a forum want nothing to do with such irresponsible and reckless behaviour. If someone insists on continuing to street race, I'm certain the he/she would be more than welcome to post at other forums that do allow it.
If that person doesn't care to brag at other forums, then maybe he/she'll be less inclined to participate in it.
Discussing street racing as a topic by itself and discussing street races have two different and likely opposite consequences.
Here we have a discussion on the topic of street racing which seems to be a constructive one. The discussion of street races, as I'm sure you'll agree, isn't likely to be construtive other than possibly educating the person of how stupid it is. I agree. We should strive to educate those who act irresponsibly in their cars, but as I mentioned before, it would simply be repetitous to reply over and over with condemnations of the act.
As you have noticed, this thread has not been deleted. This is because it is a viable discussion. I'm sure that such discussions will not be discouraged as they serve the purpose of education much better than any discussion of specific races ever could.
If nothing else, it might be a good idea to keep this thread on a sticky, and each time an illegal race is mentioned, the thread is replied with a link to this and then locked. This will avoid senseless and hollow discussions while allowing the person to understand why it is frowned upon.
In all of this, I do not recall anyone who mentioned a positive aspect of street racing, but moreso it has been an issue of censorship. This tells me that we are all in agreement that street racing is in fact frowned upon by everyone who has replied to this thread. I do hope, however, that I have also been able to bring to reason the design of such censorship. That the blantant discussion of street races serves no real purpose other than repetition.
Censorship is I'm sure a very debateable concern. However, this isn't a politcal forum but a car forum which, among other things, tries to enourage responsible driving. The discussion of street races will simply be monotonous repetition which for all practical purposes of this forum will be an unwelcome drain on resources.
Again, maybe we could take my earlier mentioned proposal into consideration for dealing with future posts of street racing encounters.
Oh... sorry, another long one.
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but anyone wanna hear about the last time I robbed a bank?
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Sure! You did drive safely while getting away, right?
PS. Thanks, guys.
