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Helpful governments
Oct. 4th, 2005 07:25 amBloomberg headline this morning:
"Government warns Australians not to travel to Bali after terrorist bombings"
My immediate thought was. "Hmm, perhaps a warning to them not to travel before the terrorist bombings would be more useful".
Anyway, I clicked on the link and, lo and behold, the headline had changed to:
"Australia Upgrades Travel Warning for Bali After Bombings"
So, clearly there was a vaguely competent sub-editor out there who thought that same as I did.
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A Brazilian court has declared the results of 11 Brazilian football matches void because of match-fixing and ordered them to be replayed. The Supreme Court of Sport Justice of Brazil made the ruling after a referee admitted influencing match results for his own benefit in an illegal betting scandal.
Never mind the match-fixing allegations. You have to admire a country that has its own "Supreme Court of Sport Justice". I can just envision that in Britain. Kate Hoey, Ron Manager and Alex Ferguson handing out rulings on whether it was really a dive, or whether any of Chelsea's victories should be disallowed on the grounds that they were too clinical.
"Government warns Australians not to travel to Bali after terrorist bombings"
My immediate thought was. "Hmm, perhaps a warning to them not to travel before the terrorist bombings would be more useful".
Anyway, I clicked on the link and, lo and behold, the headline had changed to:
"Australia Upgrades Travel Warning for Bali After Bombings"
So, clearly there was a vaguely competent sub-editor out there who thought that same as I did.
++++++
A Brazilian court has declared the results of 11 Brazilian football matches void because of match-fixing and ordered them to be replayed. The Supreme Court of Sport Justice of Brazil made the ruling after a referee admitted influencing match results for his own benefit in an illegal betting scandal.
Never mind the match-fixing allegations. You have to admire a country that has its own "Supreme Court of Sport Justice". I can just envision that in Britain. Kate Hoey, Ron Manager and Alex Ferguson handing out rulings on whether it was really a dive, or whether any of Chelsea's victories should be disallowed on the grounds that they were too clinical.
