Sunday, August 17, 2008

Angry David. A reader sent me this: "I hate watching the Olympics in this country -- I've said that for nearly 20 years. So the Tunisian lad wins the 1500 M Gold medal tonight. Oussama Mellouli competed in other Beijing races before tonight, but wasn't a winner. So NBC never had to say his name (though his full name appeared in the official graphics). Tonight the lad won the gold. But could NBC dare risk being accused of giving pool time to terr'sts? Of course not. "And as they reach for the wall...it's...it''s..OUS Mellouli who wins the gold." OUS! Ous. I don''t know Tunisian abbreviations, so maybe I'm being an annoying. Why are these broadcast fuckwits scared of names? And do you really think if the Tunisian swimmer was called David Mellouli that they'd call him DAV Mellouli?"