From: TheTelegraph
How to offend one billion people
First came Ronaldo at the 2002 World Cup. Then, in 2008, it was
Spain's men's basketball team, followed closely by the Spanish
tennis team. And now Argentina's Olympic women's footballers have
been caught in the act.
This photo was published - without controversy, we add - in the
Argentine sports newspaper Ole on 5th August.
What is it with Spanish-speaking Olympians and a heroic absence
of political correctness?
The Telegraph reported the story with this caveat:
"There is no suggestion that the four footballers intended to cause
offence."
I accept that different nations have very different levels of
tolerance when it comes to what is racist and what it not, but this
is the 21st century - how dumb do you need to be not to think that
making such a gesture is offensive?
Olympic karma update: Argentina's women lost
2-0 to China. In fact, they lost all three of their matches.
J.U.S.T.I.C.E.