Originally Posted by
Scum-Triumphant
I wouldn’t count myself as “the usual crowd” but making the jumps safer is a positive move. Anything that stops the death of so many horses and injuries to jockeys gets my approval. It hasn’t taken away the integrity, the fame or the excitement of this race. It’s still very gruelling.
F1 cars are safer than ever. You wouldn’t blame the “usual crowd” for the improvements you’d applaud the experts for saving lives.
There is too much sanitising of old school activities, sports, humour.
The grand national is a bad example to use as sanitising in a negative way.