Belgian government compares B* to chimp in powerpoint presentation

[Gabi Hayes]

I do because I care



http://lvb.net/item/969

''Football hooliganism, or "soccer violence" as Americans would call it, is a problem throughout the world. The Belgian city of Bruges, where football club "Club Brugge" is highly popular, has developed a strategy against this violence. One of the elements is that special attendants will be present on buses that football supporters use to travel to and from the statium. These attendants are volunteers who are given a training course in conflict management and communication by the city. This training course is of such high quality that Patrick Dewael, vice prime minister and minister of the interior in the Belgian federal government, wrote a letter to all mayors and police chiefs of the country, recommending the training course and offering the Powerpoint presentation on request. Security in soccer stadiums is one of Dewael's responsibilities.

What Dewael did not know, however, was that the Powerpoint presentation contains a slide comparing president Bush with a chimpansee. The slide is used to illustrate the importance of body language in conflict management.

"Fifty five percent of human communication occurs trough nonverbal language, thirty eight percent through the sound and inflexion of our voice, and only eight percent through the meaning of the words we speak", it says on a slide, immediately followed by another slide, showing pictures of president Bush and a chimpansee, where both are showing the same postures and the same facial expressions.''

the slides
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this would be funny, if only he and his stringpullers weren't destroying our poor little planet

http://www.lakevermilion.com/SCLV/newsletters/newsletter27-3.html#PLANET

[AX10]

1. Kick, Kick, Kick!

[Gabi Hayes]

2. ''I can KICK!''

[getmeouttahere]

3. Beautiful.....gotta love the Belgians....

especially their "moules et frites" and waffles. Seriously, I wish I could congratulate them in person!

[Gabi Hayes]

4. ran across this someplace else, and it was dated April 1, so I wonder....

could it be a joke?

not that this whole four years, etc., hasn't been a very sick sad one