June 20, 2010
There it is again: the World Cup. Pardon, the FIFA World Cup. That event, which every four years media and masses masters like no other "cultural event".
Never before was the organizer, FIFA, as powerful as it is today: more Member States than the United Nations (208: 192) , annual profits in the hundreds of millions, monopoly (the only world association of football).
The "United Nations of Football", as is often called the organization, are also available for a radical commercialization of football. Who does not play as a member association or better: not spurt, is sanctioned drastically. Examples for that there are sufficiently (for skeptics: just the phrases "FIFA sanctions" or "criticism of FIFA" via search engine research).
Just recently it came to a show of force As an exclusion of a deafening and now quite annoying vuvuzelas was discussed. At least 200,000 noise-damaged German have until today the petition - "Against Vuvuzelas per mood!" signed. As recently stood a policeman in front of me at the checkout, I asked him jokingly whether the noise Tuten were now under the Arms Act. Serving the community replied: "Hopefully soon."
FIFA President Sepp Blatter, however, does not mind this. He rejects a ban, because vuvuzelas are "musical tradition" of South Africa . And there, the World Cup was taking place just. Basta.
Music tradition? Oh well. At least Blatter also helping to improve the economy, the Chinese, however, or in which low-wage country whatever the cheap Plastiktröten be made. Scoffers think the producers made the so-called Vuvu stops with the same, which are now well sold in the south of the black continent. How convenient source of noise and noise control in a combo pack. (A brilliant business strategy, moreover, if not a proven: It is rumored for some time that many a computer virus and the antivirus matching algorithm come from one source ...)
With whom the earplugs fail, be Vuvuzela can later use as a second ear trumpet. Whether the unusual duration of noise in the stadium and the reason is that we get to see in this World Cup so bad football? Reminder: This is after all to the meeting of the Soccer World Elite, the supposedly best of the best!
Or is the weak performance, the listless over long distances Gekicke, rather due to the fact that our high-paid kickers are just oversaturated and their "motivation" only for stand football enough? Here, and nowhere else, FIFA should speak a word of power and put an end to serving the fans who bought expensive tickets, the impertinence!
With all ball attachment should remain mindful of what is still played so during the four weeks football fever otherwise. Experience has shown that this time the deflection is often used for rapid changes in the law or other unpopular political decisions. Which shift time can we expect? Or was even a bit cheated secretly through the empty ranks of the Parliament? Proposals solicited as comments.
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Hello wanted to the article just say the vuvuzelas sold in Germany are mostly manufactured by a German company.
One example makes otherwise only injection molds for the automotive industry, who for lack of orders from this but summarily decided vuvuzelas (even) to manufacture.
Many Vuvuzelas (about 3million +) are Made in Memmingen.
Tröööt!
Benjamin
Yes, vuvuzelas are weapons. Any item that is suitable and can be used specifically to inflict a pain to others and damage, is a potential weapon. If this object is basically just made sure to accomplish such (as opposed to a hammer or a timber or a knife), then he is a pure weapon.
If anyone else an idiot antrötet my son so I go to the police and report ad for attempted or successful assault.
A sprained arm heals in general, even a stab in the thigh; Hearing loss, however, may be irreversible and to hell on earth make a person's life permanently (tinnitus).
If these things "culture", then I am glad to be a barbarian.
Although not all horns - flags and other cheap merchandise come mostly from China. So Sustainable poisoned black-red-gold flags waving, we boost to the Chinese economy. And for that they buy now our Daimler:-). Very well.