AlterNet: World War on the Soccer Field
This link leads to a piece at Alter Net. Today of course sees the start of a new theatre of combat that will obsess both the news and entertainment media for a few weeks to come. It is the 4-yearly foot whacking tournament that provides a seemingly palatable excuse for patriotism. It will be largely lost on Amerika however - they'd rather play "sock ya!" than soccer.
The big diversion will obviously take our eyes off the other real wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The only way to avoid it on TV will be to watch Big Brother - an equally trivial pursuit. Better to check the web - who knows what games our governments will play with legislation and policy changes while we are looking the other way? England match days should be interesting in Whitehall - no doubt MPs will be anxious to rush through anything so that they too can run off and glue themselves to the compulsory plasma screens.
Bah humbug, and ...
Later.
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