That's great salesmanship! I once read that dealership used to sell cars in Japan by letting the customer have it for a weekend. Most of the time, the entire family fell in love with the car and bought it.
This made me look up the etymology of "mythology." From Encylopedia Mythica:
Before defining the term "mythology" one needs to define the meaning of the word "myth". The word itself comes from the Greek "mythos" which originally meant "speech" or "discourse" but which later came to mean "fable" or "legend". In this document the word "myth" will be defined as a story of forgotten or vague origin, basically religious or supernatural in nature, which seeks to explain or rationalize one or more aspects of the world or a society. Furthermore, in the context of this document, all myths are, at some stage, actually believed to be true by the peoples of the societies that used or originated the myth. Our definition is thus clearly distinguished from the use of the word myth in everyday speech which basically refers to any unreal or imaginary story. A myth is also distinctly different from an allegory or parable which is a story deliberately made up to illustrate some moral point but which has never been assumed to be true by anyone. Some myths describe some actual historical event, but have been embellished and refashioned by various story tellers over time so that it is impossible to tell what really happened. In this last aspect myths have a legendary and historical nature.
Interesting how the guy's comment on that said that the race track would normally kick out people who pull stunts like that - sort acknowledging that what they did wasn't even normally tolerated by the track owner. Thanks for finding the original clip, Jeff!
Can't argue with that! I have nothing against people who want to live on the edge - as long as they do it in such a way that doesn't endanger other people. This guys is on a dedicated race track, so he's only risking his own life (well, also the guy on the chaser bike, but I suppose that guys is consenting to the danger by filming it.)
I loathe those who race on the streets and endanger other people's lives in addition to their own.
Before defining the term "mythology" one needs to define the meaning of the word "myth". The word itself comes from the Greek "mythos" which originally meant "speech" or "discourse" but which later came to mean "fable" or "legend". In this document the word "myth" will be defined as a story of forgotten or vague origin, basically religious or supernatural in nature, which seeks to explain or rationalize one or more aspects of the world or a society.
Furthermore, in the context of this document, all myths are, at some stage, actually believed to be true by the peoples of the societies that used or originated the myth. Our definition is thus clearly distinguished from the use of the word myth in everyday speech which basically refers to any unreal or imaginary story.
A myth is also distinctly different from an allegory or parable which is a story deliberately made up to illustrate some moral point but which has never been assumed to be true by anyone.
Some myths describe some actual historical event, but have been embellished and refashioned by various story tellers over time so that it is impossible to tell what really happened. In this last aspect myths have a legendary and historical nature.
Learn something new every day - thanks Robin!
I loathe those who race on the streets and endanger other people's lives in addition to their own.