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Rage against Paul
Thiruvananthapuram was witness to a unique protest last week. This time around the demonstration was against Paul, the octopus that predicted that Spain will beat Holland in the final of the 2010 World Cup Football held in South Africa.
Dutch fans converged on streets, carrying placards and shouting slogans against the psychic octopus. A group of youth, some wearing orange T-shirts, even carried a placard with the picture of Paul. Thomas Benanson, a die-hard Holland fan, who participated in the procession, said: 'The prediction of Paul led to the downfall of Netherlands in the final. They had reached this position without losing a single game in the tournament. The prediction must have knocked down players' confidence. That's why we protested against Paul.'
Benanson and friends had a strange companion to protest against Paul. Kerala's rationalists are up in arms against Paul, but for a different reason. Sreeni Pattathanam of Bharateeya Yuktivadi Sanghom said that Paul's prediction was nothing but commercialisation of superstition. 'The successful campaign of using Paul, proves one thing that human beings are intelligent enough to utilise a creature like an octopus for their gain,' said Sreeni.
V.A. Gireesh, journalist with a Malayalam newspaper attributes the youths' demonstration to Kerala society's over responsive nature. 'We are used to take out any issue to streets creating trouble to fellow citizens. If political parties can do this why can't a bunch of football lovers. That is how we react,' said Gireesh.
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Rage against Paul
Thiruvananthapuram was witness to a unique protest last week. This time around the demonstration was against Paul, the octopus that predicted that Spain will beat Holland in the final of the 2010 World Cup Football held in South Africa.
Dutch fans converged on streets, carrying placards and shouting slogans against the psychic octopus. A group of youth, some wearing orange T-shirts, even carried a placard with the picture of Paul. Thomas Benanson, a die-hard Holland fan, who participated in the procession, said: 'The prediction of Paul led to the downfall of Netherlands in the final. They had reached this position without losing a single game in the tournament. The prediction must have knocked down players' confidence. That's why we protested against Paul.'
Benanson and friends had a strange companion to protest against Paul. Kerala's rationalists are up in arms against Paul, but for a different reason. Sreeni Pattathanam of Bharateeya Yuktivadi Sanghom said that Paul's prediction was nothing but commercialisation of superstition. 'The successful campaign of using Paul, proves one thing that human beings are intelligent enough to utilise a creature like an octopus for their gain,' said Sreeni.
V.A. Gireesh, journalist with a Malayalam newspaper attributes the youths' demonstration to Kerala society's over responsive nature. 'We are used to take out any issue to streets creating trouble to fellow citizens. If political parties can do this why can't a bunch of football lovers. That is how we react,' said Gireesh.
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