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Personally, I hate when discussions about sports intensify and end up in rambling, rants, swearing and insults. It's something you see in almost every sport: whenever someone says something stupid, it brings down any level of discussion and just goes foul.

I absolutely love road racing, and I've followed MotoGP since 2006, World Superbikes since 2008, MotoGP 125cc and Moto2 since last year, Formula One since this season, and I've kept an eye on British Superbikes and World Supersport this year as well. It's a hobby that's intensified quickly, and one I practice myself as well with my motorcycle or karting. But you can't have a single proper discussion about MotoGP, or fans of particular riders will start fighting with eachother over random statistics. It's really weird, since all those professional gladiators are brave, bad-ass and ultrafast. Of course some are more personable than others, but discussions so often end up lacking any kind of respect it just puts me off participating in talking about my favorite sports. The same occasionally happens here on FM, in the Formula One threads.

Luckily for me, there aren't many people around who follow any of these sports as passionately as I do, so usually I can just keep all the fun to myself. [thumbup]

But we're all agreed that Simoncelli is a knob?