Thursday, January 11, 2007

WESTERN CULTURAL IMPERIALISM: THE DAKAR RALLY

Merely nuts:
It’s not often that the Vatican and I agree on anything, but I was pleased to read that they have criticised - I might even go so far as to say “attacked” - the Dakar rally as “a bloody, irresponsible, violent and cynical attempt to impose questionable Western tastes on the developing world”.
Totally insane:
The challenge is therefore much larger than a simple motorsport event, and involves the confrontational relationship to technology that underpins contemporary automobility. This confrontational realtionship is organised around relations of risk and masculine performativity expressed through “P-plater moral panics” and obscene urban-driven 4WD SUVs as much as it is through organised motorsport.
Me like drive car. It fast and make big noise. Kangaroos better watch out.

3 Comments:

Anonymous glen said...

JFB, thanks ;)

1:49 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Intelectual wankers.

7:34 AM  
Anonymous T said...

Me love my obscene urban-driven 4WD SUV!

2:52 PM  

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