So, OP, are you feeling stupid about starting a stupid thread yet?
No,
I was asking the question...should the London marathon be banned to the public?
I don't think it should...if someone wants to run 26 miles and then die that's up to them I couldn't care less...
But what's amazing is the BBC TV news ignore the deaths and pipe up about a few horses being shot in a race they have been trained to run for...
You can't make a horse 8ft tall jump fences if it doesn't want to.
But I do think that running with a giraffe on your head for charity is nothing but attention seeking....one can run the race fine but not at the increased risk of harm or injury....
No one would skydive without a parachute...no one should be allowed to attention seek running 26 miles with a horses head on...
By all means run the race...raise money for charity but do it quietly....
The problem is that these days everyone needs to be seen to give....
Just like the selfie campaign for cancer....narcissism disguised as charity giving.
Look at me for for all the good I'm doing....shut up and just get on with it.