Should FIFA ban the Vuvuzela from World Cup 2010?

The vuvuzela is so cool I want one when I come to SA for the world cup.

KEEP THE VUVUZELA!! People will get used to the sound and apparently it's not so bad IN the stadium as on TV.. So what is the moral of the story? GET YOUR BUT DOWN TO SOUTH AFRICA AND WATCH THE GAME LIVE! Then you won't need to hear an incessant drone from your little speakers :)

worst sound ever.
bang a drum, learn a chant.
dont blow a crappy kazoo just because you can.
i hope there is never another world cup in africa as long
as i live.

South African fans are saying the rest of the world (not just Europe) isn't respecting their football culture.

Well, let's say Brazil are playing against France in the 2010 World Cup. The Brazilian supporters will be chanting “Brasil! Brasil!” to the beat of the samba drums & creating a carnival; the French will be singing “La Marseillaise” & “Allez les Bleus”.

BUT unfortunately, both groups of supporters will be totally & continually drowned (and droned) out by this: “BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ”.

WHO is being disrespectful?

Oh Come on – the Vuyvuzela is joyous – it uplifts the spirits of the fans and the players. It makes the soccer stadiums rock. And when you see the fans arrive, all dressed up in the regalia, clutching their vuvus you know that they are ready for serious football. South African soccer fans are passionate about the beautiful game … and about their vuvuzelas.

I think that if it wasn't a African country which was in this situation then no one would have complained about it.This was just another excuse for the World Cup not to land on the African soil or bloody hell make us look like Prematives!

The Europeans have their way of celebrating and therefore why can't they accept our differences,this is just another prejudice act.

WHO complains about their chanting and the majority of their blokes being drunk on the stands and another problem is them having nasty comments when African players are playing in the English Premier League.Ever thought why the FIFA Say No To Racism campaign results from??????????

I'm doing an assignment and practical for Design about the issue and I'm glad I came accross this site to get the different views.

I say OUR PRIDE,OUR INVENTION,OUR VUVUZELA

“COME & CELEBRATE THE MAGIC OF AFRICA “

The constant drone of the vuvuzela will certainly cause me to mute the sound on my TV while watching the 2010 World Cup. When I learned that South Africa was confirmed as the host of the cup, I groaned out loud. Also, it appears that these noisemakers could easily be used as weapons during a crowd disturbance. Vigorous chanting is great, but even if the vuvuzela is a cultural tradition in South Africa, I object to allowing them into the venues.

Vuvuzela this vuvuzela that, who cares, whether you people like or not the vuvuz will be there & i am gonna meke sure that I blow mine as loud as I can just to irritate the S@$#T out of you. I am just sick & tired of this nagging & you jnow what? no 1 cares, the fact that world cup is in africa, we will do it our own way, so deal with it!!!!!!!. its easy, DO NOT COME if it bugs you so much.

The soccer wold cup in sa should be BANNED!!!!

It's noise and irritating!!!

Didi: This blog is a space where we show respect for each other and other's opinions. A language that triggers very harsh reactions from others is not serving our blog very well.

We are here to agree to disagree in a polite manner.

Yes this World Cup is in South Africa and it will have a different look and feel than any other world Cup before. I am looking forward to it. But South Africa is also host for the rest of the world. A good host tries to be accommodating and not simply say: “it is my way or the highway”.

People are worried about the Vuvuzela taking away the atmosphere fans in a stadium and spectators in TV are used to.

If the noise becomes deafening and there is no more chanting the game will be a different experience. That's what many people are worried about.

On the other hand I know how super super excited many people in South Africa and on the entire African continent are. You deserve this event.

South Africa Project wouldn't even be here if we wouldn't believe in you guys.

Let's practice some tolerance and make this a fun summer for everyone.

Anyone who has ever attended a soccer match in South Africa will tell you that the Sound of the Vuvuzelas is part of the spirit of the game. I wish I could bottle that feeling of one-ness when we're all walking to the stadium, smiling at strangers, giving a toot on the vuvus; making new friends, taking pics of each other, helping carry each others' small kids; chatting about the game. I don't know if this site allows links in their posts – but you will find some pics of the last two Bafana matches on my flickr – my name is ethekwinigirl.

thank you for understanding….I don't know why south africa have to prove itself so much to people who obviously hope that WC comes a disaster. either way, I'll go to matches & have myself a damn good time.

& as for you mike, you know nothing about S.A. so keep your small mouth shut!!!!!!!WC will go on with or without you & every 1 that will be there will have themselves a good time. you don't have a perfect country either……..

I went to hte World Cup in Korea to watch Bafana, myself & friends made our own version of a makaraba hat, with items we brought there. When we attempted to enter the stadium with our hard hats we were told we could not take them into the stadium as it could be used as a weapon. They were kept until the match finished and we collected them. My point is should the same not apply to the vuvuzela in theis world cup and why have FIFA changed their stance.

Wow, you'll have to have very strong lungs to blow spit through a 1 meter plastic trumpet “all over the people next to you”. You have obviously never blown a vuvuzela, very little spit comes out of your mouth because the blowing action is like blowing a raspberry” almost pursing the lips.

omg the vuvuzela is going to completely ruin my world cup veiwing experience. watching the aussies and denmark the other night, i had to turn the volume down it was too much, and you couldnt gauge the crowd reaction… no chants, no oohs and ahhhs, i acknowledge it is a south african tradition, but on the telecast it is unbearable… i hate to think of what it will be like on the big screen in public areas, it will go above the allowed noise levels. it has to go……..seriously….

Aussies vs denmark other night in Australia was almost unwatchable with the horns blowing over the top of the commentary. Maybe they should allow them at South Africas matches and ban them from the rest. Would be tough for the other spectators in SA group though.

The question is not that they should ban it becouse blatter already said they wont, so the question is do the South african people realy want to ruin the view experience of hundreds of million of people or lets us enjoy the world cup..

Wow you guys are getting so angry – must be your “European ways”. This is an African World Cup. If you don't like what we do and how we do it, its easy – don't watch. It is going to be a while yet before it gets back to you – next it is in Brazil – I think it might just be noisier there :-)
South Africa and its people are going out of their way to welcome the rest of the world to our country. We are so proud to be hosting this football spectacle. We hope you come to us with open hearts and open minds.

yeah, but like it says in the article – why the hell do they have to blow constantly? why not when a goal is scored, to show appreciation. It truly makes it more difficult for the players, and coaches, to play their best game. Honestly, i'd rather see some south african culture than a horn being blown for 90 minutes. There is no atmosphere in the match, just a constant droning “bvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv”.

It is hardly a celebration of a singular event if the use is constant. English games were punctuated by the ubiquitous rattle – now long defunct because it proved too irritating to the crowds. The main objective of the Vuvuzela seems to be an irritant – an objective that with the demise of SA from the group play, will no doubt become lessened.

So, billions of funs all over the world must suffer from this shitty sound, because some people have a tradition to make abominable sounds! What a delight! I hoped that that those nasty things will only appear on South Africa games, but they are going to kill all World Cup with their shitty african sounds! That is why FIFA should never allow barbarian tribes to host World cup! Fuck you! fuck you vuzelas (or what this shitty thing is called), fuck your world cup!

Honestly, I am not happy with the vuvuzela sound either. Today was the first time I experienced it and I was annoyed. You can't notice any emotions in the crowd.

Everything is leveled out. BUT: Your language is totally out of line. The only reason this post is not being removed is to leave it here as an example on how not to communicate.

Your language is derogatory and highly disrespectful.
Ok there is a habit on how to behave during a soccer game in Soth Africa that many fans in the Europe and the US will most likely disapprove of.

FIFA rules everything in soccer and they let the vuvuzelas in. If anything you should complain to FIFA. They won't listen unless you tone down your language.

“Funs”? I see, you are Hungarian. At least you only have 12 furula in the stadium which don't disturb the crowd (the fans) as much as this misinterpreted cultural item.

It's not so much the noise that I dislike, it's more the fact it is just a constant 90minute tone that in no way reflects the action on the pitch. The boos and jeers of a boring 0-0, the excitement of an end-to-end game, reactions to greats shots or saves and even off-field incidents, there's just none of that with the vuvuzelas, they're just constant and the stadium would sound the same for a limp 0-0 as it would for a 5-4 end-to-ender with three sendings off and a last minute penalty winner!

get rid of it or world cup 2010 will be remembered for 1 thing only.

You may or may not like the vuvuzela. That is your choice. But to make racist or derogatory comments about my country and my people is just not on. We have walked a long and bitter path to rise above that kind of pettiness and to discard the shackles of colonial oppression and apartheid. This is Africa's World Cup.
We also have an equality court in South Africa for racists and hate speech. I will ask Klaus in the name of Ubuntu to remove your posts and any others that have profanities and racism and hate speech.

Those fucking Vuvuzelas are so annoying, PLEASE ban the fuckers!

Three games into the tournament and already decided to turn tv off, and wait for the results. Cannot understand why advertisers and sponsors have not bombarded FIFA as hundreds of thousands around the world will follow suit. This noise is not contributing anything positive to the “African World Cup”. The vuvuzela may be a South African football fans favourite toy, but this is a World Cup, being watched by millions around the world. By all means allow them into South African games, but they should be banned from all the other games.

That's a good point. It is interesting how protective FIFA is of “their” game in all aspects. And then the head of FIFA can hardly talk to the audience before the first game. What do people usually do these days to raise their voice? Start or join a group or page on Facebook ;)

I agree with Qa1711..3 games in and enough is enough.

Probably miss watching live games and just check the highlights.

Ban the vuvuzela. Its a disaster when you cannot hear the crowds individual chants and cheers. Its ruining the WC for everyone I've spoken to.

Fuck vuvuzelas. who the fuck removed my previous post here!!!!
Fuck blater. All african vuvuzelas in blater`s ass…

Firs and last time WC in Africa.

FUCK VUVUZELA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fuck vuvuzelas. we want watch football

This is awful, you can't watch football with this kind of terrible voice. Ban vuvuzela Sir Jozep!!!

Its absolutely horrible to have to listen to that buuh humm for 90 minutes also makes you physically ill (cant tell my teeth from my temples and i dont give a shit about football anymore)!.. go to stadium to watch football not to BLOW!!.. Ban that piece of crap now and and save the rest of World Cup 2010 otherwise it will be remembered as the buuuhed out world cup. SCANDALOUSE .. What kind of hosts treat their guests like this?!

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“Remember it was banned at one point for the tournament before FIFA reconsidered, thinking it an integral part of the South African football experience. Which it surely is. The only problem is it’s creating a singularly South African football experience, not a World Cup experience.

And that’s precisely the problem: it’s affecting the football. This has nothing to do with South Africa, Africa or trying to impose one’s football culture on the host. It simply has everything to do with knocking that little white ball around a green pitch. “

Get the vuvuzela banned from the world cup:

http://www.banvuvuzela.com

Tonight a billion people will dream they are being chased by killer bees…

Fuck you south africa !!!

I thought I never had to do this but certain people have now been blocked from this blog due to not obeying the rules. Certain words have also been blacklisted – you can easiliy imagine what they are. I am clearly not happy with cowards hiding their identity abusing this blog for their hateful speech.

Some of you should visit our site and take a look at what Ubuntu Now and South Africa Project are about.

We support efforts to make this world a safer and more peaceful place for all of us not creating more divide and violence (verbal or physical) than we already have.

I also opened a Twitter account just to send a tweet to FIFA president Joseph Blatter – his twitter account is @seppblatter

It seems very disrespectful to your guests to inflict the vuvu on those attending and those trying to view games that do not involve South Africa. When penalty shoot outs occur in the latter stages of World Cup 2010, will this noise persist?

this sound is so annoying on TV. I can imagine how annoying it will be on the stadium. it kills the mood completely. can't they just use this thing only on African team games?

I was hoping this would only happen when South Africa plays, but alas, how wrong I was. Why use that annoying horn when you could have something as cool as this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN_DBCn492k – but no, that Vuvuzela just drowns all chants. The idea of having this for the rest of the World Cup is disturbing.

We turned off the sound after just 3 matches. This sti*ty noise destroys the whole whole stadium atmosphere. No cheering, no singing, not being able to hear the players. Just a totally irritating buzz of millions of angry hornets.

Come on Blatter. Stand up and for once in your life and Do The Right Thing.

If we decide that our European Ways don't include the noise of thousands of angry hornets then we can boycott the World Cup until they get rid of this irritation and you can have it all to yourself and Africa will never get any major football tournament again because the sponsors will not accept paying out millions of $$$$ when nobody watches or turns the sound off. So keep your traditions and get the rest of the world scorning your 'traditions'. We'll keep an open mind and wear ear-plugs. And Good Luck.

Something has to be done. Either limit the number of vuvuzelas in the stadium (at least cut by half) or make available less intrusive trumpets traditionally used by soccer fans around the world. It is a shame South Africa spends billions of dollars in preparation for this magnificent venues (which It did) only to have the whole experience to be ruined by 1 dollar trumpets. I am hoping either South Africa football organizers or FIFA would take some measures soon before the rest of the games are ruined. I can't take listening to my TV anymore from the constant buzzing noise….it's driving me crazy! please please someone in South Africa take this situation seriously and put in corrective actions. Thanks!

Vuvuselas on the streets and out in the open are amusing and entertaining. However the way people were abusing them by blowing them in shopping centres (Friday evening) was selfish and made life very unpleasant. We were trying to have dinner after the game and there were a number of International visitors who were also battling with the noise. Unfortunately it appeared that most of the offenders were youth/teens who were looking for a reaction! Sandton City shopping centre management ought to be ashamed of not being prepared to stop the noise.

World Cup should be used to unite South Africans and and not to allow a minority of the population to create chaos.

Go Bafana Bafana

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD BAN ALL VUVUZELAS FROM ALL GAMES FOR THE REST OF THIS WORLD CUP!
WE CANT STAND THE DESTRUCTIVE NOISE AND WE ARE FORCED TO WATCH ALL GAMES WITHOUT SOUND ON OUR TV!

Best regards from a very sad Sweden!

Definitely, ban that stupid fly buzzing noise!!!

Regardless of cultural “value” those vuvuzelas make watching the World Cup virtually unbearable. I've watched most of the matches with the TV muted. An utter disappointment.

I POSTED A COMMENT AN HOUR AGO WITH A FEW SPELLING ERRORS AS MAY BE PRESENT HERE. MY COMMENT ON THE NOISE IS THE SAME, I AM AN MD. I DON'T NEED TO BE ABLE TO SPELL, BUT I CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE. PBOSS

ban please ban this crap
impossible to listen

if they dont stop vuvuzela sounds, it would be named most terrible mundial in history!!!!!!!!

i can”t watch football due to this horible sound

no laser pointers to assault the eyes,
no effing vuvus to assault the ears.

thank you- that is all.

From Canada – I respect SA but I intensely dislike the vuvuzela; I find it annoying and difficult to follow the match. It is also difficult to hear the various fans in the stadium. It seems to be a steady, droning background noise that neither shows support or displeasure. A rep from the SA High Commission in Ottawa on CBC Radio, indicated it is NOT a long standing cultural tradition. They have only been in greater use in the last 4-5 years or so. He also said they come from China… D

I know it’s Africa’s rhythm and dance, but this isn’t “The Rhythm and Dance Cup”. Too bad this is last time the Africa hosts the World Cup.

I can not hear the TV commentators because of those damn horns. Durng the last World Cup the USA TV used baseball announcers! this time they hired real football commentators but we can not hear them.

The Africans may revere this sound as part of their football culture, but if they ever want to host another World Cup in Africa they ought to seriously consider what the rest of the football world thinks of its intrusion on the game.

Apparently this is not even part of the South African football/soccer culture as they claim, this item has been used before in world cup but to a much lesser extent!!!

According to a South Africa friend of mine, this trumpet from hell, vuvuzela became a frenzy among south africans since 2001.

Having competed at other sporting events where these things were being blown, I have only three words to say:

BAN IT. NOW.

We are a friendly, welcoming nation we make you catered for Buddy. 3,5,8 billion doesn't matter just come through and you'll be sorted. Ayobaness and togetherness !!! We doing it South African style.

The sound of the vuvuzela is soo monotonous I almost feel violated.
It spoils every second of every game, I cant believe this is how South Africa wants everyone to remember the World Cup of 2010!!
AN ANNOYING NOISE!!!
(world cup 2010, best watched without sound)

Join the Facebook group “Kick Vuvuzela's out of the world cup stadia” . Its driving me insane!

I know where they can stick these stupid horns. If FIFA is too spineless to ban them then I refuse to watch unless I can find an audio broadcast from someone not at the stadium. What a disgrace. The Cup should never go back to Africa.

Yes, ban it. If people from the US starting bringing sirens blaring at 100 decibels, would they be banned? of course. So why is this din allowed?

BAN THAT DAMM NOISE MAKER!!!!!!!! Or at least make each person who goes to a game with one shove that up their ass!

off course the soul of the spectators is out of the game

£600 HD Television
£150 HD Box and connection
£200 Booze
Having to press the mute button every match!!!!
Priceless (but annoying)!!!!
(Glad I didnt buy a ticket)
What an awfull and pointless sound, Ban the vuvuzela

God damn vuvuzelas, what's the … fun? in just blowing a godam horn till you faint there? It's ruining the fans, there are millions of complaints all over the globe to just cut the ambient sound on TV….

the vuvula sound gets on the nerves, its rude, I wish they would voluntarily get the message: don't be rude to your visitors. S. Africa goes down in my estimation.

lets hope its not held there again . the horn has to go

Taking your advice Kay-El, and not watching the 2010 World Cup. I am sure all the sponsors and advertisers will be happy to know that myself and millions of other football fans are simply deserting their television sets in search of a respite from that “cultural” experience. We came to you with open hearts and open minds, now unfortunately we can't hear what you have to say.

vuvuzelas of africa!!!
UNITE and straight to blater`s ass

ban the thing and bring back the worldcup

I think this idea of playing the race card is totaling missing the whole point of what these instruments are doing in distracting the play of the game not to mention the ear drums of those who have to sit through an entire game listening to them.

The players looked as if they were at times confused by what they were supposed to be doing at times on the pitch.

I feel this is a huge distraction to the game itself.

The players are not able to hear the calls of the referees on the side lines because these horns drown them out.

This should be the main and only argument to why these horns should at best not be used during game play.

I don’t say ban them but just don’t blow them all through the game.

Use them when a goal is made or too cheer on the winning team at the end of the outcome.

But in my professional opinion these horns are a distraction too the very heart of the games out come and control.

The players are not able to focus on what is being said by there screaming managers or the guys trying too call the plays.

I think this should be the main reason to at best silence the horn blowing during the actual game in play.

I have watched many games in the past and I have too say the games I have been seeing played during this new horn blowing has shown without a doubt that it is indeed having a serious affect on the players and the calls themselves.

I wouldn’t doubt it was one of the reasons England goalie lost control and let that one goal slip into the net by the U.S match making the game end in a draw.

The goalie looked as if he thought at first the game was called a same by the ref but then realized the afterwards that the game was still in play but by then it was too late.

Now I know some may not agree with that notion but when you look at the goalie he has the ball then hears what he thinks is a time call by the ref whistle but instead it was the high pitch sound of these horns blowing in the background.

I seriously think they need to tone down these horns or these games will be won by mistakes and bad calls or confused players and refs.

Just my common sense tells me that noise like that would after such a long amount of time start to defeat the ear drums of the players not too mention the crowd.

Its should be banned unless they can at best control the pitch of these instruments no pun intended.

Thank you.

ban them dumb nigger

The Brazilians understand hospitality. They go out of their way to make visitors feel comfortable, as most people do.

Please Ban this #$^#&@#$ instrument from WC, its annoying!!!

Congratulations South Africa for hosting the WORST world cup in history. Youtube the 2006 tournament. These vuvuzelas have destroyed any atmosphere, no chanting, crowds miles from the pitch and we have to watch games with the sound turned off. NEVER LET AFRICA HOST IT AGAIN.

Robin Behan

Have you been watching the same games as we were with 100's, empty seats, or the opening ceremony with 1000's of empty seats. Or listening to the comments of the fans after the first game at Rustenberg, 10 hours to get out and back to Jo'Burg. Or noticed that hundreds of thousands of blogs, and forums which are vehemently against the continual drone, which is destroying the match atmosphere.
By all means have a World Cup in Africa, but remember that the reaction of sponsors and advertisers to this world wide response to your “cultural” showpiece will determine future sporting events in South Africa.
As a business man who has invested £thousands in advertising during this world cup, let me tell you that NEVER again will I put money into Soccer Matches with a South African involvement. I paid to advertise my products and the continual news that millions are turning their television sets off makes me doubt the wisdom of doing further business with FIFA.
I would also be interested to hear how people amagine that the South African World Cup will end up a large financial success. What with a 44% less foreign fan turnout, thousands of empty beds, thousands of unsold tickets, huge discounted ticket prices for locals, approx 15,000 other African fans attending “The African World Cup”, and milliuons od television fans pouring out of Pubs, Clubs and Restaurants all over the world.
And remember that South Africans will be picking up the bill for this “Honour”, for years to come, while your shiny new stadiums crumble into dust, or are turned into squatter camps by the homeless and poor.
The Munich Olympics will forever be remember for the massacre, not the athletics – “The African World Cup” for the tournament that millions didn't watch!

I think your comment sums it up. I don't think it is disrespectful to feel very strongly about the buzzing noise. It also silences all the other fans that might have more creative ways of expressing themselves. We see people dancing in the stands but they are mute.

Thank you Armin for adding to the conversation. You are making good points. I might disagree with you on the English goalie, simply because they have such a long history of catastrophical failures ;)

But many players have compained, some of them are wearing earplugs. This means you don't hear a ball being kicked any longer, you might hear an opponents breath…
The vuvuzelas are a game changer and that's not what they were intended to be.
We already here of tourists leaving the country because of the noise in other areas than the stadiums.

Many of us – including me – have never been close to a 120db noise.

I would invest into the hearing aid business in South Africa or start a sign language school.

Again: Thanks for your contribution in a meaningful and respectful manner.

please stop that noise of Vuvuzela on the TV , the noise stops you hearing the commentry and it over powers the whole beautiful event…it puts me off watching the football.

ban them they are stupid and so are the people who blow them.

If you cant think of any other way to show your appreciation other then making an awfull din then…….
DONT!!

I hope africa never get this chance to spoil another big world wide event like they have this one.

Ban the stupid waste of plastic.

It is easier: surf to http://www.fifa.com/banthevuvuzelanow

That page does not exist, but every visit to the address will be logged on fifa's servers.

Am I GLAD I did not pay 2500 euros to be driven nuts in a stadium. At least I can switch off the telly.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Shame on you Kuku and your racist rant!!

You lot of pissies… rather be concerned with the football hooligans that are busy f*%king up our beautiful country… wear ear plugs if you cant stand the noise. and by the way, buy yourselves better quality TV's, then maybe you'll hear the crowds sheers drowning out the vuvuzela's when a goal get scored! Now go outside and go and paly hide and go screw yourselves!

Another pommie doos

I can not believe that such an idiot actualy knows how to use a computer…waht a doos, who ever you are and from whatever country you are, go crawl back into your hole. stupid, you call us stupid, shame, doos.

Very good point. Africans can sing. I am going to watch Kadja Nin in Boulder tonight and am excited about it.

Elizabeth, I love honey and bees are good creatures in my book – unless they stiing me. I disargree with your take on the vuvu's but I want to point out that you are very much welcome here. We need both sides in order to have a conversation and whoever shouts the loudest isn’t always right.
I am very afraid of the vuvu's showing up in my neighborhood because I really like my peace and quiet.
Thanks for contributing.

Thanks for filling us in with your first hand info from the ground. I am afraid what teenagers will do here in the US once they get their hands on vuvuzelas. I am not fond of wearing ear plugs at night night just to get some sleep.

One of the most attractive things that is native to Africa is the African drum, why oh why didnt you all choose that as something to show your appreciation.
That would of sounded absolutely amazing, it would of gone hand in hand with the tribal routes of the teams.

I know it is your opinion to defend them, (good for you) to be truthfull you can keep them and the World Cup, I stopped watching it.
:o)

Horrible atmosphere hoover. It emits a sound in excess of 120 decibels, the threshold of pain. I think there is an opening here for some injury claims lawyer to start suing the pants off the manufacturers.
Or perhaps they should bring in some law which makes it compulsory for all vuvuzela players to provide ear protection to all people within a 10m radius.

“SO we dont ask for niose tolerance but for Unity as a Nation.”

Please grow up!

We came to watch football not wallow in a national pridefest, with the obligatory obeisance to past suffering. There is a time and a place for mourning and appreciation, and a time to put that away and join the larger community to function as mature people. This was one of those times. If you can't understand that you are not, as the Americans say, 'ready for prime time'.

People with your attitude turned your country's hosting an important international sporting event an exercise in egotism.

Hosting the games WASN'T ABOUT YOU. It was about the game, and the visitors who come to see the game.

(I'm guessing that you still don't understand what I'm talking about.)