Dakar rally canceled

you beat me to it.........here is the link http://news.smh.com.au/dakar-rally-cancelled-over-security-fears/20080104-1k9g.html
after 30 years first time no Dakar race.
Very very sad............

Reiner

Move it to Australia. Apart from that I am unable to air my views on this subject in any manner that would be appropriate here.

it was always going to be cancelled - talk started months ago..


I feel for the privateers and smaller people in the event, they would lose 10's of thousands of bux...

At least the residents along the route won't be burying family members this year.

Looks like some one forgot to tell TV Station SBS that its been canned. Just saw the add for them to televise at 6pm tonight and tomorrows through the day and then continuing at 6pm again sunday night. Regards Steve M

So the hanky heads win. Disappointing really. We all have to change our lives becasue of a bunch of terrorists.

Leroy

addition to Event Supplementary Regulations:

All vehicles to be equipped with a 50 cal -
bonus points to competitors for ' wiping out' a towel head!!!

bit like here today....surf comp at werri beach today and tomorrow but when the girl got onto abc to advertise it no one had actually told her that it had moved to gerroa, which is just around the corner, the man running the show told her!

poor sbs, poor fans, but happy residents!

Laura

Al-Qaeda wins again.

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I've calmed down a bit now.

I think Ronnie Barrett from way down in Tennessee summed it up best with those immortal words about his new invention .......

"the Barret Light 50.....reach out and touch someone":-)))))))

Barrett .50cal

Bag a Rag!

On a happier note, how about the Great Aussie, trans continental Cape to Cape Race? Cape York QLD to Cape Leeuwin WA! Now that's got to be an epic adventure in anyone's book and would bring immeasurable benefits to tourism for Australia.

I'm somewhat amazed by the language being used in posts in this thread. We really aren't a tolerant nation are we. Using terms like nappy head, hanky head, rag head etc is in the same league as coon or nigger.

I'm sure this response will fire a few people up and people will complain about political correctness etc, but this is the same sort of intolerance that breeds fundamentalism in young people on the "other side" of the fence.

Shame about the Dakar though.