shame

i am not a big sports fan.
but i am an addicted to radio 5 - which means that if i am not listening to music or watching a dvd the chances are that radio 5 will be on, and this means listening to a lot of sport.
today there were a number of important internationals on as teams jockeyed to get themselves into the next world cup. england versus wales was the game that was to be played live on the radio.
yesterday ken bigley was murdered by those who held him hostage in iraq.
today at the game all that was asked of the fans was that they gave a minute of silence to commerate this event.
it is not much to ask.
it seems it was too much to ask of the 60 000 football fans gathered there.
so much so the minute silence was cut short.

and in those very few seconds i give you all the reasons why peace will never happen on this planet.
and in those very few seconds i was ashamed to be proud of the fact i am english.