Stampede!
James Poulos ·
Jun 7, 2010 at 8:19am
It's the latest headline what's become a steady drumbeat:
A stampede by thousands of fans cast a shadow over the official start of the World Cup in South Africa yesterday as police lost control of the crowd at an international friendly match. [...] Women and children were pulled from beneath a pile of crushed fans amid claims that police officers were overwhelmed by the number of supports and were unable to control the crowd.
Like many culture critics today, I'm dismayed at the prospect of an idiocratic world where we all live out stupid, boring lives under the watch of a sprawling administrative state. But I'm more dismayed by where, when, and how our still-beastly nature bursts out in the open -- at the stadium, or the electronics store...
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May '10
Re: Stampede!
I'm hoping for a Greece vs. Germany match.