Símbolos de desprecio

En la ciudad natal de Sadam Hussein ha sido desvelada una estatua dedicada el hombre que mostró su desprecio por el expresidente George W., Bush arrojándole los zapatos. La nota publicada aquí dice así:

Many Iraqis considered it poetic justice when a journalist tossed his shoes at President George W. Bush last month. Now the bizarre attack has spawned a real life work of art. A sofa-sized statue of the shoe was unveiled Thursday in Tikrit, the hometown of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Baghdad-based artist Laith al-Amari described the fiberglass-and-copper work as a tribute to the pride of the Iraqi people. The statue is inscribed with a poem honoring Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who stunned the world when he whipped off his loafers and hurled them at Bush during a press conference on Dec. 14. In the Arab world, even showing someone the sole of a shoe is considered a sign of disrespect.

Sin duda, Bush se lo tenía bien merecido. En el fondo creo que es un buen tipo; desgraciadamente, como tuvimos ocasión de comprobar, la idiotez y la bondad no son cualidades humanas que se excluyan mutuamente.