Blow that horn

After reading the blog from Roxy Poxy, http://roxylaker.wordpress.com, about the tweets from Blue Spi, http://twitter.com/Bluespi, it got me so infuriated at the ignorance of the guy. The lack of knowledge about the South African culture was enough to have this guy act like a complete idiot. He’s limited vocabulary showcased how small minded, vulgar and racist he is. All of which society at large could do without. It’s amazing how quick the world is to judge South Africans about how uncivilized we are but this guy does no better in my opinion.

So in defense of the all mighty Vuvuzela I thought it was apt to shed some light on our soccer memorabilia – which is exactly what it is. The Cape Times last week, wrote a story on how the Vuvuzela is taking the world by storm. iPhone has developed an application for download which showcases the Vuvuzela in all it’s glory. While many complain about the noise, the Vuvuzela sound has been downloaded more that a million times. According to www.news24.com, the app has been a run away hit. "It's the Vuvuzela jackpot," said Jeroen Retrae, co-designer of the iVuvuzela at http://moblio.nl/. After gaining only a few thousand downloads since its launch eight months ago, downloads exploded after the start of the tournament, mostly from the United Kingdom, Germany and France.

The Vuvuzela has become the Soccer World Cup trend on Twitter, according to FIFA; the Vuvuzela Moment officially caused the "first ever" World Cup-related trending topic on Twitter.The official FIFA World Cup Twitter account, FIFAWorldCupTM, with around 57 000 followers, joined the action, tweeting "thank you South Africa" and claiming that "the first World Cup related trending topic on Twitter has arrived! The #Vuvuzela is a trending topic".

If the Vuvuzela was such a bitter pill to swallow, why would UK Sainsbury make it part of their product line? According to a spokesperson for the group, so far they have sold 40 000 Vuvuzelas, at £2 each. "We figured that it was going to be part of the World Cup given that it is such a traditional instrument for South Africa," spokesperson Thomas Knorpp told Sapa. Sainsbury has reported that they have sold over 40 000 since May 19. While Blue Spi may not be one of the 40 000 people purchasing the Vuvuzela from Sainsbury, it is an indication that the support for the South African horn far out ways the perception and criticism that it is receiving from this bitter individual.

So while Blue Spi may still not be convinced, maybe he should get himself some ear plugs…or better yet, maybe he should give the 2010 World Cup a miss, as he threatens to do on his Twitter…one less small minded person to deal with. This is South Africa and we are proudly South African and we will blow our Vuvuzela loud and proud!