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S. African killed by wife, kids in TV spat (World Cup)
AP via ESPN ^
| 6/17/10
| AP
Posted on 06/17/2010 1:30:14 PM PDT by thefactor
JOHANNESBURG -- Police say a South African man who wanted to watch a World Cup match instead of a religious program was beaten to death by his family in the northeastern part of the country.
David Makoeya, a 61-year-old man from the small village of Makweya, Limpopo province, fought with his wife and two children for the remote control on Sunday because he wanted to watch Germany play Australia in the World Cup. The others, however, wanted to watch a gospel show.
"He said, 'No, I want to watch soccer,'" police spokesman Mothemane Malefo said Thursday. "That is when the argument came about.
"In that argument, they started assaulting him."
(Excerpt) Read more at soccernet.espn.go.com ...
TOPICS: Religion; Sports; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: deathbytv; soccer; southafrica; worldcup
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Um, ok. Wonder what religion they are.
Seriously though, we wonder why these countries are in the shape they're in? Although I'm sure this happens with NASCAR in this country.
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:30:15 PM PDT
by
thefactor
To: thefactor
Dude, the Germany - Australia game was a snooze fest.
To: thefactor
That won’t get you in Heaven.
To: thefactor
Well, I’ve never heard the term “gospel show” associated with TROP.
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:33:12 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: equalitybeforethelaw
Yeah, a snoozefest from which this guy will never wake up.
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:35:11 PM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: thefactor
I’ve felt this way when someone didn’t want to hear Krauthammer on Special Report...
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:35:35 PM PDT
by
americanophile
(November can't come fast enough....)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:35:37 PM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: thefactor
Gospel = good news = Christian
Not that a journalist would improperly use a word to convey an incorrect meaning, perish the thought! But “gospel” implies Christian.
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:37:02 PM PDT
by
allmendream
(Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
To: thefactor
Umm, perhaps they could have bought or borrowed another television?
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:38:01 PM PDT
by
Former Proud Canadian
(How do I change my screen name now that we have the most conservative government in the world?)
To: thefactor
Umm, perhaps they could have bought or borrowed another television?
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:38:15 PM PDT
by
Former Proud Canadian
(How do I change my screen name now that we have the most conservative government in the world?)
To: equalitybeforethelaw
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:38:46 PM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(11/03/2010 - What did Obama know and when did he know it?)
To: thefactor
If you're not going to pray to Jesus you'll have to explain it to him personally.
Or maybe the vuvuzelas just drove everyone insane.
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:39:30 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(I am so immune to satire that I ate three Irish children after reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal")
To: Former Proud Canadian
Evidently this guy has no friends in the area and there was no bar in the area showing the games.
Couldn't they have DVR'd one of the programs? Ha!
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:40:00 PM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: thefactor
Never mess with a chick named Lebogang!
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:46:25 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
To: thefactor
The really bad part, though, is that he insisted on blowing the vuvuzela in the house.
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:48:58 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Berlin_Freeper
Yep, he didn’t miss much.
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:49:26 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: thefactor
And once again my tagline comes in handy...
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:49:34 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: thefactor
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:51:32 PM PDT
by
Hacklehead
(Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
To: Hacklehead
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posted on
06/17/2010 1:52:07 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
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