thelaughingclaret wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:55 am
Shouldn’t be knighted while he is still active in the sport. But he is a ‘BAME’ so ticks all the boxes that need to be ticked.
Arbitrary objection No. 1: the timing of the honour
Arbitrary objection No. 2: the motive behind it
I honestly think F1 is **** and I'd probably win a championship in that car he drives, but the arbitrary hurdles you're putting up to recognising that...yeah, perhaps an English bloke who has absolutely smashed about every record in his sport this year might be worthy of a pointless platitude of little more value than a pat on the back, makes me think that your objection (particularly the second sentence of your post) rather betrays your biases about him being...you know...
The bloke is a bit weird and definitely has his head up his arse, but if he isn't worthy of that stupid little gong then nobody is, quite frankly. Which begs the question: what is the purpose of these ludicrous honours? Or rather, what do you seek in them being awarded? To celebrate achievement for the achievement itself, or to contribute to the weaving of a triumphant narrative about what it is to be British?
And by that we of course mean, white.
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