Chaz W

I'm a bit pissed off. I've had allowed myself the sin of following the F1 Grand Prix for years, but it has always been a guilty pleasure.

The 'sport' has shown an increasing obsession with money and in this pursuit it has abandoned any moral credibility it ever had.

Gone are the days when a few enthusiasts and a garage could make a good fist of it and produce a car that was competitive.

Despite that there are some good examples of kids who were far from rich getting all the way to the top to achieve the championship.

Lewis Hamilton is one such guy. But his team has sold its soul to the devil - half of McLaren is owned by Bahrainis. And it is for this reason that despite majority public opinion in the host country the F1 circus has visited this travesty of a country despite it staying away last year.

They have done a great PR job and have allowed Jean Todd, the "crown Prince" and Bernie Ecclestone to have their say in defence of the morally incoherent position of continuing to hold the event. whilst the ordinary people of Bahrain, are made silent. The ordinary Bahraini has no platform, no voice. They do not enjoy the luxury that we all take for granted- free speech and a vote.

The knock on the door in the middle of the night; the disappearances; the killings; the arrests of doctors who treat the victims of the regime - these are the day to day expectations of Bahrainis. All this whilst the drivers (also SILENCED) whose main aims are to win what was once the greatest show on earth impotently ignore the truth and continue to support an evil dictatorship.

I feel a change of phone provider coming on - Vodaphone sponsor the 1/2 Bahraini McLaren team. Does anyone know an ethical phone provider?

Which equation of motion would you use to find this out?

And assuming there is no problem with increased mass due to Einstein's theory.

How long would it take for acceleration of 1g, 2g, and 3 g to reach 90% of light speed?

Thanks in advance.

Opportunity of the decade to all UK posters.

The UK census form is being posted through the doorways right now.

In the last census the noble religion of the Jedi was so large that it had to feature in the official statistics.

SO lets have a a massive effort to get the FSM officially recognized as a religion.

The big quesion is should we put The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pasterfarian??

I tend to go for Pasterfarian as it is less like an organized religion, but fear that a split this early in the ranks will mean that not enough of us are behind the plan to get the FSM on the books!!!

Wadda ya think?

And for those of you out there that think this somehow does damage to the "cause" of atheism - don't be ridiculous!!! Putting Jedi or FSM demonstrates a contempt for religion and religious prejudice far more effectively that "no religion".

The question should not be on the form at all - so answering it seriously validates their asking it.

Need to know the religious and political motivations for this regicide.