...There's a lot more to it than that, but whatever I might write at this point would be judged as being anti-NHRA, so I'll stop right there. ...
But Jon, didn't we learn as children that the Truth Shall Set Us Free?
Funny, about the only time I've heard the statement these days is on episodes of COPS (no comments necessary, I agree that I need a real life) when the police officer says it to whoever he's just spreadeagled against his car.
The perps all seem to have a learning disability in that they think if they spill the beans THEY will be set free - and not that the law enforcement officer is simply giving them a chance to clear their guilty conscience. The scenario illustrates the principle that sometimes a zipped lip keeps life from getting unpleasant, and furthermore that criminals are often pretty brainless along with their apparent lack of morals.
There really is a moral to the above couple of paragraphs and it has to do with another couple of old sayings:
"Discretion is the better part of valor";
and
"Return to fight another day".
People get on the enemies list all the time, some for very good reason and others for pretty ridiculous reasons.
I'll throw one more old saying into the mix:
"It's a bunch better not to be on the list."
Please note that I am not referring to Richard M Nixon's enemy list, a State Department manifesto, or things needed to be bought on the next grocery trip.
The list may or may not exist and people may or may not be on it - and may or may not suffer varying degrees of isolation for their membership therein.
OK, I think I danced around that enough for one post, and hopefully the people who are not official website newsmanagers don't perk their ears up to issue a scathing message stating that I have no idea of what is really happening on the inside.