Louise Taylor is north-east football correspondent for the Guardian. In this capacity she found herself compelled to write a ridiculous article – Why going to South Africa for the World Cup terrifies me. In spite of this document of doom and gloom, she has never been to South Africa.
I’m almost speechless at her suppositions, arrogance and sweeping 
pronouncements :
Few readers could fail to be enticed – well, at least until they spotted the prices – but most will also ask themselves the questions: What about the crime? Is it safe?
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What I would definitely balk at, though, is touring as a fan at next year’s World Cup – an event, with the final 12 months away, we are counting down to. Indeed, having done a bit of research on the subject, I know I’d be absolutely terrified.
Such fears are often as much about perception as statistics, but unfortunately the stats – not to mention much anecdotal evidence – confirm that football fans like me are right to be more than a little scared. After all, this is a country in which approximately 50 people are murdered every day.
Transport
Then she goes on to list all the terrible things about South Africa like the rapes and the murders and the crimes and the bad transport infrastructure
Marcotti wrote of some long, unpleasant drives in the dark after covering matches. Commenting on the lack of dual carriageways and lit highways in certain areas, he described negotiating one road heading towards Jo’burg as “like snorkeling in a sewer filled with squid ink…
World’s Biggest Security Firm ?
She also mentions the cheery fact (that I didn’t know and also don’t care about) that G4S, the world’s biggest security firm, has declined to work at next summer’s World Cup. ( Check the worry in my eyes!)
Nick Buckles, the organisation’s chief executive, took that decision after revealing that G4S rated South Africa more dangerous than Iraq and Afghanistan.
Jeeze Louise – now that is going a bit far, hey. I don’t know if it is you or this Buckles guy, but that is just flat out a big fat dirty lie!
World Cup Should have Gone to Egypt
Anyway this doomsday narrative concludes with Louise’s firm belief, as the Midland correspondent for the Guardian, that the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup should have gone to Egypt, and why…
… but surely if the Egyptians could build the pyramids they could host a World Cup.
You know then Louise!
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