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livosnose
June 16, 2010, 3:27pm
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Get it right Civvy. . . YOU and GRIMROB are the ones who are outraged, I am merely arguing for the status-quo.  To dismiss 'race' as a load of old bollox at the world cup IN SOUTH AFRICA displays an ignorance, lack of education/poor grasp of history or maybe just a blinkered view/combination of all.  Football is a largely Black sport in South Africa, if the significance of this is lost on you, then I feel sorry.

As I have said in a previous post, Vuvuzelas are a cheap consumable affordable to the local populace, a populace that considers the Vuvuzela their '12th man', it's their World Cup, it's different, get over it!!

So, bye bye Civvy. . .  where are you going to on your outrage bus?

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June 16, 2010, 3:37pm
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RRFC. . . . Fifa didn't invent the Vuvuzela, what do you mean it is the way they want to go???
I really think you just need to accept it is happening, you get kind of used to it after a while. . . you'll miss that noise when it is over in July!!!
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June 16, 2010, 3:39pm
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still fooking annoying though sunshine


I find it soothing!!!
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June 16, 2010, 3:46pm

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I find it soothing!!!


I find it like Ronaldinho's nashers chewing on my lugs.




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RRFC. . . . Fifa didn't invent the Vuvuzela, what do you mean it is the way they want to go???
I really think you just need to accept it is happening, you get kind of used to it after a while. . . you'll miss that noise when it is over in July!!!


Of course they didn't invent it but there is no way they will ever ban it because it would upset their target audience. SA is a massive market for football therefore it is a massive market for everything connected with football - that's FIFA's one and only concern. They will never ban the thing simply because it might start a commercial upset. All the stuff about football being a spreader of peace and goodwill is total crap from the likes of Blatter. In FIFA there's one rule for the "developing world" and one rule for the rest. Would Jack Warner still be a big man in FIFA if he wasn't West Indian? If this horn was being blown in Germany or Britain it would have been banned now - but they can't in SA, not for racist reasons but for commercial exploitation reasons.

As far as we are concerned, sod it,  I just turn off the sound so it doesn't bother me except I do miss the commentary a bit.



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And ...... for those who think this horn thing is some kind of long ago cultural icon in SA, it isn't. It's just a cheap Chinese plastic thing that street traders sell to the crowds outside the grounds to make a living.

Of course they didn't invent it but there is no way they will ever ban it because it would upset their target audience. SA is a massive market for football therefore it is a massive market for everything connected with football - that's FIFA's one and only concern. They will never ban the thing simply because it might start a commercial upset.

If it's just a cheap gimmick rather than a cultural icon, then banning it would hardly cause the outcry you suggest.
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If it's just a cheap gimmick rather than a cultural icon, then banning it would hardly cause the outcry you suggest.


Banning it would turn it from a cheap gimmick into a cultural icon.



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Can I say I bloody love the vuvuzelas!


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Did anyone else notice in the Spain v Switzerland game there was very little from these Vulvas or was it just me blocking them out, I can do this very well as I aint heard the missus moaning once for the last 6 days
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Get it right Civvy. . . YOU and GRIMROB are the ones who are outraged, I am merely arguing for the status-quo.  To dismiss 'race' as a load of old bollox at the world cup IN SOUTH AFRICA displays an ignorance, lack of education/poor grasp of history or maybe just a blinkered view/combination of all.  Football is a largely Black sport in South Africa, if the significance of this is lost on you, then I feel sorry.

As I have said in a previous post, Vuvuzelas are a cheap consumable affordable to the local populace, a populace that considers the Vuvuzela their '12th man', it's their World Cup, it's different, get over it!!
So, bye bye Civvy. . .  where are you going to on your outrage bus?

If you think any of the above makes me a looney.. . . then. . . Hello Civvy, I'm a Looney!  





Why the fook do the local South Africans want to be the 12th man of North Korea?
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