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Expert piece of writing: “The enormous impact had torn the engine mount and front axle from the SLR’s chassis and sent both of these large pieces scything throu

Expert piece of writing: “The enormous impact had torn the engine mount and front axle from the SLR’s chassis and sent both of these large pieces scything through a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd.“ Scything. Brilliant.

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deadbabe 2y ago
Gruesome, maybe they are taking too much pleasure in being so graphic. Should tone it down.
- elpocko 2y ago
  I disagree, deadbabe.
- Klonoar 2y ago
  Nobody takes pleasure in it. Motorsport is something where people generally respect, acknowledge and understand the inherent dangers associated with it. That's just good writing there.
  - lazyasciiart 2y ago
    I don’t believe that Motorsport audiences do generally acknowledge that they could be killed by flying pieces of cars, though. They acknowledge that the drivers are at risk.
    - Klonoar 2y ago
      I did not say what you are saying I said. Motorsport audiences in almost every discipline I know can rattle off a litany of safety incidences that have happened over the past 100 years. My point is that we do not shy away from talking about it because the presence of danger in this sport in general is well known.
- mytailorisrich 2y ago
  I see it as having a wide enough range of vocabulary to be able to pick the most succinctly descriptive word for the situation. Brilliantly done in this case.
  - fsckboy 2y ago
    to me, a scythe implies a handle, leverage, etc. the word "mow" would have been better, evocative of lopping all the tops off without the wrong mechanical image.
    - SoftTalker 2y ago
      Scythe implies a large swinging blade, cutting down everything in its path. Also Death carries a scythe, so that evokes another good image.
- quickthrowman 2y ago
  I think that sentences accurately conveys the incredible violence and destruction of the crash, which killed 83 people and injured 120 more.
  - deadbabe 2y ago
    If you view it all as statistics sure but how would you feel hearing about a loved one’s death as getting scythed?
    - macintux 2y ago
      After 70 years I think it’s ok.
Jgrubb 2y ago
They may have lifted that from the Wikipedia article, linked below. See the “collision” section. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster

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deadbabe 2y ago

Gruesome, maybe they are taking too much pleasure in being so graphic. Should tone it down.

elpocko 2y ago
I disagree, deadbabe.
Klonoar 2y ago
Nobody takes pleasure in it. Motorsport is something where people generally respect, acknowledge and understand the inherent dangers associated with it. That's just good writing there.
- lazyasciiart 2y ago
  I don’t believe that Motorsport audiences do generally acknowledge that they could be killed by flying pieces of cars, though. They acknowledge that the drivers are at risk.
  - Klonoar 2y ago
    I did not say what you are saying I said. Motorsport audiences in almost every discipline I know can rattle off a litany of safety incidences that have happened over the past 100 years. My point is that we do not shy away from talking about it because the presence of danger in this sport in general is well known.
mytailorisrich 2y ago
I see it as having a wide enough range of vocabulary to be able to pick the most succinctly descriptive word for the situation. Brilliantly done in this case.
- fsckboy 2y ago
  to me, a scythe implies a handle, leverage, etc. the word "mow" would have been better, evocative of lopping all the tops off without the wrong mechanical image.
  - SoftTalker 2y ago
    Scythe implies a large swinging blade, cutting down everything in its path. Also Death carries a scythe, so that evokes another good image.
quickthrowman 2y ago
I think that sentences accurately conveys the incredible violence and destruction of the crash, which killed 83 people and injured 120 more.
- deadbabe 2y ago
  If you view it all as statistics sure but how would you feel hearing about a loved one’s death as getting scythed?
  - macintux 2y ago
    After 70 years I think it’s ok.

Jgrubb 2y ago

They may have lifted that from the Wikipedia article, linked below. See the “collision” section. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster