I was stunned and appalled in equal measure yesterday as once again the corruption of Formula One reared the legs on the prancing horse of Ferrari and rules were broken regarding making team decisions which obviously affect the outcome of a race.
I'm not sure what was worse, that they did instruct Massa to let Alonso through, that they made Massa's race engineer, Rob Smedley, pass the message, "Alonso is faster than you. Can you confirm you understand?" rather than have the hutzpah do have the principal do that, or the taking of just about every motor racing fan to be idiots when they denied that the words meant anything.
Of course, later Ferrari were fined $100,000 for 'appearing' to breach the rules and the result stood (would that have been the case had it been McLaren I wonder) and of course, that great sportsman (and totally unbiased spectator) Michael Schumacher supports what Ferrari did (surprise!!).
We live in a world where words mean whatever they want and rules are bent with alacrity. We live in a Church where rules are bent and excesses and breaches are excused, covered up or just ignored.
As we go through today, let's play a game and see just how many people (including us) break rules, tell porkies and misrepresent situations for our own ends.
See you tonight with your checklist ;)
"Just say yes or no. Just say what is true. That way, your language can’t be used against you!"
James 5:12
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