logo
ENع
#

Latest news with #respect

NASCAR driver forced to apologize over insulting Mexico remark as he's hit with punishment
NASCAR driver forced to apologize over insulting Mexico remark as he's hit with punishment

Daily Mail​

time4 days ago

  • Automotive
  • Daily Mail​

NASCAR driver forced to apologize over insulting Mexico remark as he's hit with punishment

Following the NASCAR Cup Series' first race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City over the weekend, Spire Motorsports' Carson Hocevar was fined for insulting comments about the track and the country. Hocevar was on a live stream in the days prior to finishing 34th out of 37 drivers at the track that is best known for hosting the Mexico City Grand Prix in Formula One. When asked for his thoughts on the race, Hocevar went off on the organizers, the track itself, and the city - which he described as a 's**thole' before even taking a lap around the track. 'If the travel was better, if getting here was easier, if you felt safer getting to and from everywhere, if it wasn't such a s**thole, if the track limits were a little better enforced, if it was going to be a little bit better of a race, and it wasn't so easy to, or feel so locked down like you can't leave anywhere, it'd be a great experience,' the 22-year-old Michigan native said live on a Twitch stream. After his disparaging comments, Spire Motorsports slapped Hocevar with a $50,000 fine and placed him in mandatory cultural-sensitivity and bias-awareness training. 'These actions are consistent with Spire Motorsports' core value of RESPECT, which is something we proudly display on every race car, team uniform, trackside hauler, and digital channel,' a statement from the race team read. 'Respect is not a slogan. It is a daily expectation that we "walk the walk" in how we speak, compete, and serve the communities that welcome our sport. Carson Hocevar's recent comments made during the livestream fell short of that standard.' The team said that NASCAR was informed of their discipline of Hocevar and did not impose any further punishment. Hocevar fully apologized back on Sunday, saying in part, 'My opinion has changed. I am embarrassed by my comments.' Nearly two hours after Spire posted their statement - and received plenty of backlash - Hocevar publicly admitted fault again. 'Whoa everybody, the truth is the truth,' he began. 'I said something that not only was wrong, I said it without even laying my own two eyes on CDMX or turning one lap in an actual race at an amazing facility that welcomed me with open arms and I go and say that? 'Thank you for the support but I'm not sure we're on the same page. You guys want me to be me? It was me who said it and it was me who apologized after actually taking the time to explore the city and feel the passion of every fan in attendance.' The fine Hocevar will pay is being distributed to the Mexican Red Cross, the Mexican United Way, and Un Kilo de Ayuda - a nonprofit combating childhood malnutrition and supporting early-childhood development. Hocevar sits 20th in the NASCAR Drivers' Championship standings - with his best results being second-place finishes at Atlanta and Nashville. The series heads to Pocono in Pennsylvania this weekend.

Irish and English funerals are very different – it would be strange to go to a colleague's family funeral in England
Irish and English funerals are very different – it would be strange to go to a colleague's family funeral in England

Irish Times

time15-06-2025

  • General
  • Irish Times

Irish and English funerals are very different – it would be strange to go to a colleague's family funeral in England

A few weeks ago, I was waiting at home for a long-expected, much-wanted plumber. (It's become a joke that when we see a plumber's van on the road in Dublin, someone says 'follow that car'.) The plumber phoned about an hour before he was meant to arrive, and I feared the worst. But he was only saying he'd be late, maybe an hour or so, because he had to go to a funeral. Are you sure you can still come? I said, mustering all the nobility I could find in me. Surely you'll need some time off? I won't be eating there, he said, I'm not going for the sandwiches, I just wanted you to know I might be late. If you're really sure, I said, thank you. I phoned an Irish friend for advice. Was it really okay for someone to go straight from a funeral to a job? Why was he telling me about the food, was it that he'd be skipping lunch as well as repressing distress to fix my taps, and should I offer a bowl of soup? My friend explained, as she's explained much in the last five years: not going to the meal meant that he wasn't a close friend or family of the deceased, and that he was attending the funeral as a member of the community, to show respect and support for the bereaved, which was perfectly compatible with returning to work in the afternoon. She did not add, because we'd had the conversation before, that she finds the English approach to funerals and bereavement as unfathomable as I first found the Irish ways. READ MORE In England , you can pretty much assume that anyone coming from a funeral will be upset, because they wouldn't have gone otherwise. (Feelings and circumstances vary, of course; being family doesn't necessarily mean terrible distress at someone's passing, but it's likely to involve emotion strong enough to impair professional judgment immediately afterwards.) I wouldn't go to a friend's parent's funeral unless I knew the parent well, and I've never met most of my friends' parents because we all left our hometowns 30 years ago. It would be strange and even intrusive to go to a colleague's family funeral. [ Is it hypocritical of me to go to a funeral but not a Communion? Opens in new window ] At nearly 50, I have attended four funerals ever, which is probably fewer than average because I come of a small and scattered family, but not remarkable. I missed one family funeral for a job interview, and it didn't occur to anyone that I should make any other choice; the funeral had already been postponed to allow for someone's exams. Unless we're Muslim or Jewish, in which case burial has to happen within a short time, English families tend to arrange funerals around existing commitments. It's not as if the dead are in a rush. There's a case for the pragmatic approach, and it's the one society expects. The dead indeed can and will wait, but grief doesn't, and so the strange timeless days between death and ceremony stretch to weeks, as if exams and interviews mattered more than sorrow, as if keeping the machinery running should always be the first priority. [ Sarah Moss: A reader tried to needle me by scoffing at knitting - I was intrigued Opens in new window ] In England, we're generally not fluent in speaking of loss and dying; I learned here to say 'I'm sorry for your loss', because I'd grown up thinking one shouldn't mention bereavement. The English approach – I'd hazard it's similar in Scotland and Wales, but I don't know – is rooted, I think, not so much in the dislike or suspicion of emotion as in the sense that feelings are private in relation to their intensity. That tendency seems cold to me now, but I think comes at best from the idea that it's kinder not to upset someone, that a person newly returned to work or venturing out after a bereavement might be only just holding on to dignity and should not be required to respond to condolences. Least said, soonest mended. It's usually wrong, of course. These conventions leave people alone in sorrow, and reinforce the idea that sadness is dangerous and denial is the best approach. At worst, it's merely convenient for employers and acquaintances not to have to bother themselves with the disturbing facts of life and death, to pretend we're all cogs in the machine. In this as in some other matters, I have come to prefer the Irish ways.

Sister Clare: Family ask visitors to be respectful at graveside
Sister Clare: Family ask visitors to be respectful at graveside

BBC News

time13-06-2025

  • General
  • BBC News

Sister Clare: Family ask visitors to be respectful at graveside

The sister of a nun, who has taken the first step towards sainthood, has appealed for people to be respectful when visiting her gravestone and her family Clare Crockett, 33, died after the school she was teaching music at in Playa Prieta, Ecuador, collapsed during a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in April November, Sr Clare was declared a Servant of God by the Catholic Church - the first step towards being Gill said: "There are days you come to that grave and you would have to queue and we love that people come to the grave, but they are disrupting other graves around it." 'Have to queue for grave' The council, which owns the City Cemetery in Londonderry, is to consider installing paths and railings around the grave of Sr Clare to accommodate an influx of visitors to the site."There are just so many people that come from everywhere, they are not just from Derry, they travel from afar," Shauna Gill told BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today."I totally understand other families' disappointment when they see other people are standing on graves."They are touching Clare's gravestone and posing for photos with the headstone, so some people are just not thinking about their surroundings."A lot of people are respectful, but there are some graves that are being damaged around it." Ms Gill said the narrow path makes it difficult for people to navigate the grave and believes removing hedging at the back of the grave and installing railings could help with access."This could take all that congestion away from the front of the grave," she Gill said she understands why people come to pray to Sr Clare, but they must understand that their parents are also buried said it can be hard for her family to visit the grave for a quiet moment of reflection knowing "you might not get near the grave". Who was Sister Clare Crockett? Sr Clare Theresa Crockett, from Brandywell in Derry, was previously an actor but turned down the chance to present on children's TV channel Nickelodeon to become a were said to be in disbelief after she announced her decision while holding a "beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other".She then took a vow with the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother motto in life was "all or nothing" and has previously been associated with fertility Clare and another Irish nun injured in the quake, Sr Thérèse Ryan from County Limerick, had been teaching guitar and singing with five young women postulants - who were entering the religious order - when the earthquake is believed they became trapped on a stairwell as they ran out of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed at least 480 people, injured more than 4,000 and left 231 missing. Catholic Bishop of Derry Donal McKeown has said every grave is sacred and every family should have the right to pay their said the grave was "a major attraction" at the cemetery and a number of signposts had been erected to guide visitors to it."Many people who have even come to visit me in Derry and have asked specifically to visit the grave," he said. "I just hope something can be done for all the family involved."He said long-term plans are being considered to manage the sheer volume of people arriving into the cemetery and sites linked to Sr Clare. 'Strangers outside the house' Shauna Gill said they are also dealing with people arriving at Sr Clare's old house, which is currently occupied by a family member, and said that can also present challenges."They can show up at any time of the day and can knock at the door," she said."We have had people come and touch the walls or stand outside the house."They have even asked for clothes or anything that Clare had, they just want a bit of Clare."This is all new for everybody, so we are all trying to come to terms with it both as a town and as a family and we are just trying to find out what we can do about it."Ms Gill said it was difficult to navigate the many complexities associated with being the sister of a nun who is in the process of becoming a saint.

DOWNLOAD THE APP

Get Started Now: Download the App

Ready to dive into a world of global content with local flavor? Download Daily8 app today from your preferred app store and start exploring.
app-storeplay-store