That Don't Seem Kosher

I have kept my mouth shut long enough and now I will state my opinion loud and clear so there will be no misunderstanding.

First let me say that the Best of the Best Awards given out at Durham were given out to an outstanding group of cars and owners with the exception of one. All but the one shall be held in high esteem on these pages, infinitum.

Awhile back an E-Mail was sent recruiting votes for the Best of the Best Awards, not once but twice. At the first onset an uproar was raised over this tactic but was written off as a misunderstanding by the sender but then it was sent again. A mistake? That Don't Seem Kosher.

People have been called cheaters for trophy poaching or block voting and rightly so, but doesn't this person who blatantly cheated by recruiting votes via E-Mail also deserve the same treatment that has been doled out to others. Yet he receives a Honorable Mention when his tactic for garnering such an Award was anything but Honorable.

The belief that the rules didn't specifically state that it was cheating is bullshit, it so implied that it was cheating by the standards and past actions set forth by the award sponsor. For one who vehemently abhors cheating, to condone it on behalf of friendship only brings more contempt for both the Sponsor and the recipient.

This will only bring a less than gleaming image to more awards given, using the same criteria and will further tarnish the image of the sponsor. In some areas it will only add fuel to an already burning fire of contempt.

Cheating is cheating and getting caught cheating should be punished with a disqualification.

The honorable thing to do, would be not to accept the award, and seeing to it that the next guy in line gets it instead.

Now that would be Kosher.