Firestorm

Since I mentioned block voting last year, and again a few days ago, a lot of folks have been posting comments and emailing me, all saying that they are suddenly noticing it themselves - and find it to be reprehensible.

So just a short note to those who use "block voting" - if people are noticing, that means they know who you are. So if you continue playing that dirty game, you may soon notice that more and more people will have less and less respect for you - they know that sleeping with dogs will only result in getting fleas.

Using dishonest means to sway results is a dirty game - and folks who play dirty games get dirty.

It's OK to want to win - Americans are, by nature, competitive, and it is competition that made this nation strong. But winning is not the goal. The goal is to be WORTHY of winning. To be the best. A trophy means nothing unless is represents the truth. If you have to cheat to get it, it is not worth having. It certainly is not worth selling your integrity for. The trophy is worth $10. What is your honor worth? Or your immortal soul?

Let's all work to clean things up. It will make the competition more fun for us all. It will encourgage participants to work harder to improve their ride, because that is the road to winning. And then when you win, you will know that you earned it, and deserve it.

Yes, try to win. Try your damndest, if that is what you want. But do it honestly, by improving your vehicle, and not by buying votes.

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