Voulez-vous les vuvuzelas?
The world is whining. By whining I am not referring to the b-flat that the now famous (and previously unheard of) vuvuzelas are making at the 2010 World Cup. I am referring to the racket that sport commentators, journalists and fans are making around the world. Let us put some things in perspective.
Start by comparing the vuvuzelas to the various horns used at games in Latin America. Then compare vuvuzelas to the toilet paper rolls and paper bits that cover fields in Argentina delaying game starts. Compare vuvuzelas to the flares, firecrackers and smoke producing gimmicks of Spanish and Portuguese fans which put fans at risk. Compare vuvuzelas to the hooliganism of northern European teams (I am thinking England and Denmark here).
Now compare a stadium filled with cheering fans blowing into vuvuzelas to playing a match to an empty stadium as has happened in the Italian league due to the behaviour of fans. Think about the most recent event, on May 29th, and compare vuvuzelas to the pathetic behaviour of Serbian fans as they began throwing bottles and flares onto the pitch in Austria when their team lost 1-0 to New Zealand. The Serbian captain, Vidic, was given a megaphone to try and calm the crowd down.
Quit your whining so that I can enjoy soccer as it was meant to be played. A spectacle of sport. A competition between two teams in front of adoring masses of fans that spill their hearts, paint their faces, travel thousands of kilometres and express themselves for their team and country by yelling, chanting, using bells, whistles, horns and their voices to scream in delight of the win or the agony of defeat.
Oui! Je préfère les vuvuzelas.
Let me know what you think about what you have just read. Please and thanks!
Start by comparing the vuvuzelas to the various horns used at games in Latin America. Then compare vuvuzelas to the toilet paper rolls and paper bits that cover fields in Argentina delaying game starts. Compare vuvuzelas to the flares, firecrackers and smoke producing gimmicks of Spanish and Portuguese fans which put fans at risk. Compare vuvuzelas to the hooliganism of northern European teams (I am thinking England and Denmark here).
Now compare a stadium filled with cheering fans blowing into vuvuzelas to playing a match to an empty stadium as has happened in the Italian league due to the behaviour of fans. Think about the most recent event, on May 29th, and compare vuvuzelas to the pathetic behaviour of Serbian fans as they began throwing bottles and flares onto the pitch in Austria when their team lost 1-0 to New Zealand. The Serbian captain, Vidic, was given a megaphone to try and calm the crowd down.
Quit your whining so that I can enjoy soccer as it was meant to be played. A spectacle of sport. A competition between two teams in front of adoring masses of fans that spill their hearts, paint their faces, travel thousands of kilometres and express themselves for their team and country by yelling, chanting, using bells, whistles, horns and their voices to scream in delight of the win or the agony of defeat.
Oui! Je préfère les vuvuzelas.
Let me know what you think about what you have just read. Please and thanks!
Comments
But it was an undulating sound, according to my ears, which no wasp would make, so it was obvious that it was a man-made sound.
I realized that, if I had to sit through a game for an hour or more, listening to that, I may get pretty irritable. But I think it's because the sound reminds me of wasps -- of which I hold some fear. Perhaps that's the same for some other people in the stadium.