Sweet and Sour Chicken

To show what a caring nation they are, the South African Football League decided to organise a peace conference ahead of the next World Cup. Fantastic, an opportunity to let the doves of peace fly across the African Savannah. The trouble is that the doves in question were shot down in the night before they could so much as squawk. At least the one baring the Dalai Lama's visa was. Apparently it's not in South Africa's best interest to allow Tibet's spiritual leader and Nobel Laureate in for a conference that had the blessing of the Nobel committee.

Thabo Masebe, spokesman for President Kgalema Motlanthe said that "South Africa thinks that, if the Dalai Lama attended the conference, the focus would shift away from the World Cup.".

What the smeg has the world cup to do with peace? It has got an awful lot to do with commercialism and high finance. Which dovetails quite nicely with the South African government playing kiss ass with the Chinese authorities.

At least they've turned the focus back in a footballing direction with a thunderous own goal. The peace conference was canceled due to a threatened boycott by a number of delegates resulting from this blatant bit of toadying.

I wonder if they want to buy any Chinese Bronze statues? I hear there's one of a chicken out there that bares a remarkable resemblance to a certain African leader...


Onward Fly's The Bird.